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Re: Update files without changing <DateStamp>?

From Unknown <dog@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.slackware, alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject Re: Update files without changing <DateStamp>?
Date 2015-08-07 11:48 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <pan.2015.08.07.11.51.23@gmail.com> (permalink)
References <mocn95$426$1@dont-email.me> <moe54s$gep$1@dont-email.me>

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On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 18:15:56 +0000, Joe Beanfish wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 05:13:12 +0000, no.top.post wrote:
>> When examining these recent/hot files, you obviously want to edit some.
>> But you don't want to change their <time heirarchy>. New/additional
>> files can be <correctly> dated.
>> 
>> How could I achieve EASILY this.
> 
> touch -r fileToEdit fileToEdit.timestamp FAVORITE_EDITOR_HERE fileToEdit
> touch -r fileToEdit.timestamp fileToEdit rm fileToEdit.timestamp
> 
> Put it in a script for ease of use.

~:/:ls -l fileToEdit
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 162018 2015-08-05 17:01 fileToEdit

/:touch -r fileToEdit fileToEdit.timestamp pico  fileToEdit
  Fails to start editot

/:pico  fileToEdit
  Starts editor

/:touch -r fileToEdit.timestamp fileToEdit rm fileToEdit.timestamp
/:ls -l fileToEdit*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 162018 2015-08-05 17:01 fileToEdit
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      0 2015-08-05 17:01 fileToEdit.timestamp

Perhaps the the one, one-liner is a two-command ?

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Update files without changing <DateStamp>? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2015-07-18 05:13 +0000
  Re: Update files without changing <DateStamp>? Chris Elvidge <chris@raspberrypi.mshome.net> - 2015-07-18 16:44 +0100
  Re: Update files without changing <DateStamp>? Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2015-07-18 18:15 +0000
    Re: Update files without changing <DateStamp>? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 11:48 +0000
      Re: Update files without changing <DateStamp>? Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2015-08-07 13:38 +0000
        Re: Update files without changing <DateStamp>? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-08-15 01:53 +0000

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