tlaro...@polynum.com once said:
> There is one utility used by MetaPost scripts: a binary "newer" using
> POSIX (sys/stat.h) mainly because if on POSIX compliant systems one can
> use find(1) with "-cnewer", Plan9 has not find(1).
>
> [...]
> 
> What would be the prefered way using utilities available on Plan9 (and
> accessible for ape/sh) since the scripts are Bourne shell ones.

The Plan 9 test(1) has "newer than" and "older than"
expressions just like the Korn shell's built-in.

  Anthony

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