At 21:13 9/01/01 -0800, Dan Harkless wrote:
[...]
>Well, the original author (Hrvoje) used:
>
>    Local file `%s' is more recent, not retrieving.
>
>I reworded it because like your "as new as" version, it's inaccurate -- the
>local file may have the same time stamp rather than being more recent.
>
>I still prefer my original ("no newer than") fix.

How about

"Local file %s is not older (than remote)" ?

Seems clear, concise and accurate - and doesn't play on any problems
non-native-English-speakers might have.

Just my 2 bits worth.

Cheers,
        Markus

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