Tests if the specified file is newer than the reference file.

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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.IO
{
  
  ///  
  /// <summary>  
  /// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
    /// 
    /// <h3>File-related methods</h3>
    /// There are methods to 
    /// <list type="bullet">
    ///     <item>copy a file to another file,</item>
    ///     <item>compare the content of 2 files,</item>
    ///     <item>delete files using the wildcard character,</item>
    ///     <item>etc</item>
    /// </list>
  /// </summary>
  ///     
  public sealed class FileUtils
  {

        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary> Tests if the specified <i>file</i> is newer than the reference 
        ///  <i>file</i>.
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="newerFile">the <i>file</i> of which the modification date must be compared
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="referenceFile">the <i>file</i> of which the modification date is used 
        /// like reference
        /// </param>
        /// <returns> true if the <i>file</i> exists and has been modified more recently
        /// than the reference <i>file</i>.
        /// </returns>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        public static bool IsNewer(FileInfo newerFile, FileInfo referenceFile)
        {

            if (referenceFile == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("referenceFile");

            bool exists = referenceFile.Exists;
            if (!referenceFile.Exists)
                exists = Directory.Exists(referenceFile.FullName);
            if (!exists)
                throw new System.ArgumentException("The reference file &#039;" + referenceFile + "&#039; doesn&#039;t exist");

            return IsNewer(newerFile, referenceFile.LastWriteTime);
        }


        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Tests if the specified <i>file</i> is newer than the specified 
    /// time reference.    
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="file">the <i>file</i> of which the modification date must be compared.</param>
        /// <param name="timeCompare">the time reference</param>
        /// <returns>true if the <i>file</i> exists and has been modified after
        /// the given time reference.</returns>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        public static bool IsNewer(FileInfo file, DateTime timeCompare)
        {
            if (file == null)            
                throw new ArgumentException("No file specified");

            bool exists = file.Exists;
            if (!file.Exists)                
                exists = Directory.Exists(file.FullName);
            if (!exists)            
                return false;

            return (file.LastWriteTime > timeCompare);
        }
   }
}    

   
     


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