how to change last modification time

[eklass]

is there a way to roll back the last modification time of a file in a unix/linux environment?

where might i look for answers? thanks

 

[pac1085]

I'm not sure what you mean...do you want to change the timestamp on the file?

Unlike the ads to the left, you could try 'man touch'

 

[eklass]

i don't want to touch a file. i want to pre-mark the file. like if the file is timestamped at 1700, i might want to roll it back to 1400 or something

how about trying "man goawayads"

 

[drag]

yep touch will change the timestamps on files

 

[drag]

from the man file for touch:

-t time

Use the specified time as the new value for the changed timestamp(s).
The argument is a decimal number of the form [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]


Otherwise I am not sure what your talking about

 

[eklass]

Originally posted by: drag
from the man file for touch: -t time Use the specified time as the new value for the changed timestamp(s). The argument is a decimal number of the form [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS] Otherwise I am not sure what your talking about

so specifying it with the t argument allows me to change it to any time?

vortex: sorry if that's what you mean, i was unaware of arguments for touch. i always just did "touch file"

 

[drag]

yep:

drag> touch poo

drag> ls -l poo

-rw-r--r-- 1 drag users 0 Apr 22 18:07 poo

drag> touch -t 01010101 poo

drag> ls -l poo

-rw-r--r-- 1 drag users 0 Jan 01 01:01 poo


How that?

 

[eklass]

sweetness. thanks.