--- trunk/magellan-initscripts/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions	2005/10/21 14:50:13	273
+++ trunk/magellan-initscripts/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions	2005/10/21 15:21:41	274
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# $Header: /home/cvsd/magellan-cvs/magellan-src/magellan-initscripts/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions,v 1.4 2005-07-03 21:30:58 niro Exp $
+# $Header: /home/cvsd/magellan-cvs/magellan-src/magellan-initscripts/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions,v 1.5 2005-10-21 15:21:41 niro Exp $
 
 # Begin $rc_base/init.d/functions - Run Level Control Functions
 
@@ -425,3 +425,27 @@
 
 	return 0
 }
+
+# bool is_older_than(reference, files/dirs to check)
+#
+#   return 0 if any of the files/dirs are newer than
+#   the reference file
+#
+#   EXAMPLE: if is_older_than a.out *.o ; then ...
+is_older_than() {
+	local x=
+	local ref="$1"
+	shift
+
+	for x in "$@"
+	do
+		[[ ${x} -nt ${ref} ]] && return 0
+
+		if [[ -d ${x} ]]
+		then
+			is_older_than "${ref}" "${x}"/* && return 0
+		fi
+	done
+
+	return 1
+}