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Wow....

Thank you very much radoulov...

Hi radoulov,

It works, I tried both ways with bash (I have no option on the shell selection) and they both worked.

Could you explain the difference between one set of square brackets vs 2 sets...

If there was a problem with the size of the integer, I should also have a problem changing their values, adding to them, But this code runs without error except when it is time to compare the...

If there was a problem with the size of the integer, I should also have a problem changing their values, adding to them, But this code runs without error except when it is time to compare the...

Hi,

Yes, the reversed date string compare works but the problem is that I have to add this logic to a bash script and the bash script will not handle "-gt" when comparing strings.

Thank you.

Here is the output of the 'set -x' command :

+ typeset -i currentfiledate=20090220080101
+ typeset -i reportfiledate=20090219231245
+ '[' 20090220080101 -gt 20090219231245 ']'...

No....

Same error message :

bash: [: 20090220080101: integer expression expected

Hi,

I had the statement in the program. Sorry, I did not paste it.

Here is more info about the bash version we're using :

>bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release...

Hi,

When I compare currentfiledate to reportfiledate I get a "-bash: [: 20090220080101: integer expression expected " error message.

currentfiledate=20090220080101...