On Mon, 2021-11-15 at 09:23 -0500, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 11/12/21 4:36 AM, Mischa Baars wrote: > > > Could you please restore the Fedora 32 behaviour? Someone must have read > > the bash manual a little too precise, because now the statement only > > returns true when a 'touch -a test' is given and not when a 'touch -am > > test' is given. > > > > As I understand it, -N stands for NEW and therefore should return a true > > when either a 'touch -a test' or a 'touch -am test' is given. > > Why do you think `touch -am', which sets the atime and mtime to the same > value, should make -N true?
When -N stands for NEW, and touch (-am) gives you a new file, then -N should return true on a newly created file and the documentation is incomplete. > > If test -N is a strict test that mtime > atime, it is working correctly > and you have managed to defeat it by setting atime == mtimne. >
