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Discussion on: Why you shouldn't use the file creation time to represent a date

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pentacular

Let's say that one file is produced from another.

It is never incorrect to regenerate it, but unnecessary unless the other file has since been modified.

Or say that the file is sufficiently up to date not to regenerate if it was modified less than some time ago.

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Alexa Steinbrück

I see, thanks!