Unix Question

Peter Fales psfales at ihlpl.UUCP
Thu Nov 13 01:06:19 AEST 1986


 > >> I'll make this short and sweet:
 > >> 
 > >>      How can one change the date/time stamp of a file?

 > >
 > >See touch(1) in the User Reference Manual (RTFM!).

 >    The original poster does not want to put the *current* time on
 > the file...he wants to put *any* time on the file.  There are three

Don't be so quick to shoot down the original answer.  touch(1) can
do exactly what you want with no need to mess with inode tables.

Pete Fales
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