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07-19-2005, 11:17 AM
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Registered: Jul 2005
Posts: 15
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Timestamp Help
Does anyone know how I can change a timestamp of the modification time or access time without changing the other?
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07-19-2005, 12:55 PM
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Registered: Jan 2005
Distribution: SUSE, LFS
Posts: 357
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touch -a -m
man touch
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07-19-2005, 01:07 PM
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Registered: Jul 2005
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I have tried touch -a <199501052126> test.txt and
touch -m 200311251030 text.txt but after I press enter the date revert back to the current date and time...
Did I do something wrong?
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07-19-2005, 01:23 PM
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Are you the owner of the file?
If not, run it as root.
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07-19-2005, 01:52 PM
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Registered: Jul 2005
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I have all the read, write, and execute permission.
How do I run it as root?...
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03-16-2006, 12:12 PM
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Registered: Mar 2006
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You have to log in as root.
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03-16-2006, 12:17 PM
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Registered: May 2004
Location: Albuquerque, NM USA
Distribution: Debian-Lenny/Sid 32/64 Desktop: Generic AMD64-EVGA 680i Laptop: Generic Intel SIS-AC97
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Double posting under two different user names is still double posting.
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03-17-2006, 02:33 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Red Hat, Fedora
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Read the man pages. It clearly says you need to put -t before you give the timestamp.
So, correct command is:
Code:
touch -m -t 200311251030 text.txt
Last edited by timmeke; 03-17-2006 at 02:34 AM.
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