[R] Determining which file is newer

[Dennis Fisher]

Colleagues,

I wish to execute a task only if a particular file is newer than a  
second file.  I can access the file modification dates using  
file.info()$mtime.
This yields a time object (? POSIX).
			size 	isdir 	mode 	mtime 					ctime
	Testfile 	4421 	FALSE 	755 	2009-10-23 08:59:09 		2009-10-23 08:59:09
What is the simplest means to compare these two objects?

R2.9.1 in OSX, Windows, Linux

Dennis

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