[olug] Unix Tip: KEEPING THE TIME

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			Unix Tip 2191 - December 31, 2002

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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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