[ale] file modification time via shell script

[yahoo at jimpop.com (Jim Popovitch)]

On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 13:44 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> How long does mailman-archive-to-rss take to run?  

Seconds... but i suppose it could vary over time.

> Will it increase as time goes on?  If it ever takes more than one
> minute, and a modification comes in within the minute it is running,
> that modification won't be caught by the next run of the script.
> 
> you might do better to note the timestamp of the log when you launched
> the original run, and to keep track of it that way.  Something like:

Makes good sense.  Thanks!

-Jim P.