commit 156f6c0e5dbd2c8294d655e9629bf85d035a4167
from: Sven M. Hallberg <pesco@khjk.org>
date: Sat Jun 08 12:59:31 2024 UTC

tl: make the script Linux compatible

Use the GNU coreutils syntax for stat(1) if uname(1) says Linux.

commit - ba7fa014d93988efab6b9fba4a63652d9a598447
commit + 156f6c0e5dbd2c8294d655e9629bf85d035a4167
blob - 64a1eeb7073ae4bc88a810a539102a59c7bc9c8e
blob + 8908d9e8e7d7b434a863fc96613bb0b54782f9f5
--- tl
+++ tl
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # "todo loop"
-# pesco 2018-2019, isc license
+# pesco 2018-2019, 2024; isc license
 
+MTIME="stat -f %m"		# file modification time [epoch seconds]
+if [ "$(uname)" = Linux ]
+then
+	MTIME="stat -c %Y"	# GNU coreutils has to be different
+fi
+
 test -z "$TODO" && TODO=~/.todo
 test -z "$DONE" && DONE=~/.log
 
 t=0
 while [ $t -eq 0 ] || sleep 1
 do
-	s=$(stat -f %m "$TODO") || exit 1
+	s=$($MTIME "$TODO") || exit 1
 
 	if [ $s -gt $t ]
 	then
@@ -18,7 +24,7 @@ do
 
 	if [ -e "$DONE" ]
 	then
-		r=$(stat -f %m "$DONE")
+		r=$($MTIME "$DONE")
 		s=$(($r > $s ? $r : $s))
 		if [ $s -gt $t ]
 		then