[olug] Unix Tip: KEEPING THE TIME

[Eric Pierce]

And there's always the naughty way.

$ ls -l my_file.vim 
-rw-r--r--    1 boo      users           0 2003-01-01
12:59 my_file.vim
$ touch -t 199910311611 my_file.vim
$ ls -l my_file.vim 
-rw-r--r--    1 boo      users           0 1999-10-31
16:11 my_file.vim

--- Unix Guru Universe <listserv at ugu.com> wrote:
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> 			      UNIX GURU UNIVERSE 
> 			         UNIX HOT TIP
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> 			Unix Tip 2191 - December 31, 2002
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> 		    http://www.ugu.com/sui/ugu/show?tip.today
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> KEEPING THE TIME
> 
> Keep the time modified 
> of the original file
> 
> You can keep the time 
> modified of the original 
> file when editing it. That 
> way, if you back out of 
> your changes, you can 
> restore the original file 
> as if nothing happened.
> 
> Let's say we're editing 
> foo.conf
> 
> $ mv foo.conf foo.conf.orig
> $ cp foo.conf.orig foo.conf
> $ vi foo.conf
> 
> If you hsve to restore the 
> original file: 
> 
> $ mv foo.conf.orig foo.conf
> 
> and the file has the original mtime.
> 
> Louis Bertrand
> Durham College


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