getting the mdate of a file

[jan.muenther at nruns.com]

Hello,

> So, question 1 is how do I get the last mod date of a file?  

if you're running 4.x, you could install the /usr/ports/sysutils/stat
port - it's in base in 5.x. Gives you the MAC times of any given file. 

> 
> Question 2 is, is there a better way that I'm missing?

See Dan's answer.

Cheers, Jan