; More accurate documentation of 'file-newer-than-file-p'

* doc/lispref/files.texi (File Attributes):
* src/fileio.c (Ffile_newer_than_file_p): Say the comparison uses
the last-modification times.  (Bug#73709)
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Eli Zaretskii 2024-10-10 11:03:48 +03:00
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@ -1299,7 +1299,8 @@ and modification.
This function returns @code{t} if the file @var{filename1} is
newer than file @var{filename2}. If @var{filename1} does not
exist, it returns @code{nil}. If @var{filename1} does exist, but
@var{filename2} does not, it returns @code{t}.
@var{filename2} does not, it returns @code{t}. Otherwise, it compares
the times of last modification of the files.
In the following example, assume that the file @file{aug-19} was written
on the 19th, @file{aug-20} was written on the 20th, and the file

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@ -3788,7 +3788,8 @@ DEFUN ("unix-sync", Funix_sync, Sunix_sync, 0, 0, "",
DEFUN ("file-newer-than-file-p", Ffile_newer_than_file_p, Sfile_newer_than_file_p, 2, 2, 0,
doc: /* Return t if file FILE1 is newer than file FILE2.
If FILE1 does not exist, the answer is nil;
otherwise, if FILE2 does not exist, the answer is t. */)
otherwise, if FILE2 does not exist, the answer is t.
For existing files, this compares their last-modified times. */)
(Lisp_Object file1, Lisp_Object file2)
{
struct stat st1, st2;