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  Program:   CMake - Cross-Platform Makefile Generator
  Module:    $RCSfile: cmFileTimeComparison.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2008-01-03 05:01:38 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.3 $

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=========================================================================*/
#ifndef cmFileTimeComparison_h
#define cmFileTimeComparison_h

#include "cmStandardIncludes.h"

class cmFileTimeComparisonInternal;

/** \class cmFileTimeComparison
 * \brief Helper class for performing globbing searches.
 *
 * Finds all files that match a given globbing expression.
 */
class cmFileTimeComparison
{
public:
  cmFileTimeComparison();
  ~cmFileTimeComparison();

  /**
   *  Compare file modification times.
   *  Return true for successful comparison and false for error.
   *  When true is returned, result has -1, 0, +1 for
   *  f1 older, same, or newer than f2.  
   */
  bool FileTimeCompare(const char* f1, const char* f2, int* result);

  /**
   *  Compare file modification times.  Return true unless both files
   *  exist and have modification times less than 1 second apart.
   */
  bool FileTimesDiffer(const char* f1, const char* f2);

protected:
  
  cmFileTimeComparisonInternal* Internals;
};


#endif