Comments on: Create/modify a UNIX file with an arbitrary timestamp http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/440/createmodify-a-unix-file-with-an-arbitrary-timestamp/ Computer and technology tutorials and guides Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:12:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: fracai http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/440/createmodify-a-unix-file-with-an-arbitrary-timestamp/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 fracai Fri, 22 Apr 2005 07:46:39 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-1655 touch -B <#> will set the timestamp to a date in the past by the number of seconds provided ie. touch -B 10 will make the file appear 10 seconds older than the current date. man touch is more helpful than waiting a few months for an answer :) touch -B <#> will set the timestamp to a date in the past by the number of seconds provided

ie. touch -B 10 will make the file appear 10 seconds older than the current date.

man touch is more helpful than waiting a few months for an answer :)

]]> By: Migxi http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/440/createmodify-a-unix-file-with-an-arbitrary-timestamp/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Migxi Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:56:26 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-680 Excellent..... now..... Who to stamp the timeref file with a date like 15 days ago ? Excellent….. now…..

Who to stamp the timeref file with a date like 15 days ago ?

]]> By: qmchenry http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/440/createmodify-a-unix-file-with-an-arbitrary-timestamp/comment-page-1/#comment-160 qmchenry Tue, 27 Apr 2004 05:56:30 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-160 Good question. I've never noticed this behavior before. I don't see any options for touch that would make it not follow the link. If you really need the link to be updated by a touch and it is in the same filesystem as the real file, you could use a hard link. When you touch a hard link, it updates both the link and the original file. The hard link doesn't look like a symbolic link, it just looks like a regular file, which may not be desirable. That's the only suggestion that I have. Anyone else? Quinn Good question. I’ve never noticed this behavior before. I don’t see any options for touch that would make it not follow the link. If you really need the link to be updated by a touch and it is in the same filesystem as the real file, you could use a hard link. When you touch a hard link, it updates both the link and the original file. The hard link doesn’t look like a symbolic link, it just looks like a regular file, which may not be desirable. That’s the only suggestion that I have. Anyone else?

Quinn

]]> By: gandalf http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/440/createmodify-a-unix-file-with-an-arbitrary-timestamp/comment-page-1/#comment-153 gandalf Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:27:07 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-153 How do you handle symbolic links? The touch command affects the target of the symbolic link and not the link itself. How do you handle symbolic links? The touch command affects the target of the symbolic link and not the link itself.

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