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isnewer

Purpose
Test whether a file is newer than another file.
Synopsis
function isnewer(new:text, old:text):boolean
Arguments
new 
Path to the file to test.
old 
Path to the reference file.
Return value
true if file new is newer than file old or if file old does not exist
Example 
 cp("-f","myfile.txt","newfile.txt")             ! Copy has same date as original
   ! -> CP myfile.txt newfile.txt
 writeln(isnewer("newfile.txt","myfile.txt"))    ! Output: false
 ftouch("newfile.txt")                           ! Set file date to current time
 writeln(isnewer("newfile.txt","myfile.txt"))    ! Output: true

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