Re: [patch] enhancement for "test -nt" to support nanosecond timestamps where available

[Paul Eggert]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> James Youngman <address@hidden> wrote:
> ...
>>> 2005-07-17  James Youngman  <address@hidden>
>>>
>>>     * src/test.c (age_of): Return the nanoseconds part of the
>>>     timestamp if this is available.
>>>     * configure.ac: Determine if 'struct stat' has a member st_mtim
>>>       which contains the nanoseconds part of the mtime.
>>
>> I didn't hear about any disposition of this contribution.  Was the
>> patch rejected?  If so, would any further action from me help?
>
> Thanks for the patch and the reminder.
> I'll spend some time on it tomorrow.

This reminds me of similar improvements made to "tar" a few weeks ago.
I've been meaning to fold them into coreutils.  Haven't had a chance
to look at it yet, though.  I don't think it'd hurt to apply James
Youngman's patch first.