1. convert the date (you pick the format) to seconds since the start of the era. use strptime and mktime.
2. compare the two time_t (seconds) values.
example using MON-DD-YYYY format:
I have a log file with date format like
10-Oct-02 13:20:29 .....
at the beginning of each line in the log file, and I need to grep data from this file to list the lines with date no longer than one days.
I tried to use awk to do this but it looks very complicated to do it.
Is there... (6 Replies)
Hi
I am writing a unix program. In that, i should compare two dates.
I would like to know how to compare two dates in unix-whether they are same or not.
pls help (5 Replies)
Hi Gurus
I am getting the timestamp of the last generated log file
its like this "Oct 31 10:26"
I want to compare this timestamp with the current date in shell script. I want to compare if the
(timestamp-currentime) > 10 minutes
how do i do this.
Thanks
Ragha (2 Replies)
hi all :)
how can in compare yyyy/dd/mm with yyyy/dd/mm in perl i want the result like grater than or less than the given date...
thanks in advance (3 Replies)
Hi all,
I've written a script which gives the below information...
End Date&Time: 2008-10-21 10.54.37
Now i want to calculate this time with the current time.. and if its more than 48 hours past with the current time it should echo "48 Hours back"
Please help me..
thanks in... (4 Replies)
Need to find all records where date in one filed is greater than date in other.
Input:
ABC 2 Filed3 CDG * X 20080903 20081031 180.00
ABD 2 Filed3 CDG * X 20081101 20081031 190.00
ABE 2 Filed3 CDG * X 20090903 20081031 120.00
ABC 2 Filed3 CDG * X 20080903 20081015 130.00
Output:
... (2 Replies)
I want to compare a list of dates in a file with today's date & list only dates that are less than only 60 days old . please help . the date in the file are in format
11-FEB-2009
02-FEB-2009
26-JAN-2009
24-JAN-2009
13-JAN-2009
16-DEC-2008
10-DEC-2008
01-DEC-2008
25-NOV-2008
19-NOV-2008... (3 Replies)
Hi to all.
When you have to compare a lot of dates in a SH code, there is a way to directly compare? For example, how can I check if two dates differ in less than a week?
Thank's for reading. (2 Replies)
Hi,
I want to convert two datetime fields to find out if the difference is one hour, in linux I've done this by converting both the datetime values to unix epoch time and subtracting them to find out if the difference is more than 3600s, however this does not work in hp-ux.
I've these... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I am entering StartDate and EndDate as parameters to script. Want to have an check saying, "If StartDate is greater than EndDate then don't execute the script".
Pseudo Code:
if
then
Execute script
else
exit 0
fi
Can you please help me on the same?
Thanks and... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Nagaraja Akkiva
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mp_compareoids
MP_CompareOIDs(3MPAPI) Common Multipath Management Library Functions MP_CompareOIDs(3MPAPI)NAME
MP_CompareOIDs - compare two object IDs
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lMPAPI [ library... ]
#include <mpapi.h>
MP_STATUS MP_CompareOIDs(MP_OID oid1, MP_OID oid2);
PARAMETERS
oid1 An object ID that has type MP_OIDs for two objects to compare.
oid2 An object ID that has type MP_OIDs for two objects to compare.
DESCRIPTION
The MP_CompareOIDs() function compares two object IDs (OIDs) for equality to see whether they refer to the same object. The fields in the
two object IDs are compared field-by-field for equality.
RETURN VALUES
MP_STATUS_FAILED The object IDs do not compare.
MP_STATUS_SUCCESS The two object IDs refer to the same object.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard: ANSI INCITS 412 |
| |Multipath Management API |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO libMPAPI(3LIB), attributes(5)
Multipath Management API Version 1.0
SunOS 5.11 15 Feb 2006 MP_CompareOIDs(3MPAPI)