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Old 11-26-2010
Last modified time of the folder is changing when I view the file inside the directory

Hi.,

Last modified time of the folder is changing when I view the file inside the directory. Here is the test on sample directory. I believe that ls -l commands gives the time detail w.r.t last modified time. Pl. suggest.

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bash-3.2$ mkdir test
  bash-3.2$ cd test
  bash-3.2$ touch myfile.txt
  bash-3.2$ ls -l
  total 0
  -rw-r--r-- 1 avv avvgrp 0 Nov 26 03:51 myfile.txt
   
  bash-3.2$ cd ..
   
  bash-3.2$ ls -l test/
  total 0
  -rw-r--r-- 1 avv avvgrp 0 Nov 26 03:51 myfile.txt 



bash-3.2$ ls -lrt | tail -1 

drwxr-xr-x 2 avv avvgrp  4096 Nov 26 03:51 test
   
  bash-3.2$ vi test/myfile.txt
   
   
  q!   ---- here I have not modified the file. And executed quit without saving command. 

   
  bash-3.2$ ls -lrt | tail -1
  drwxr-xr-x 2 avv avvgrp  4096 Nov 26 03:53 test
Timestamp of the folder has changed after I viewed the file, as indicated above. Pl. suggest.


Thanks.,
 

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rmf(1mh)																  rmf(1mh)

Name
       rmf - remove folder

Syntax
       rmf [ +folder ] [ -help ] [ -[no]interactive ]

Description
       The  command  removes all of the messages within the current folder, and then removes the folder itself.  If there are any files within the
       folder which are not part of MH, they are not removed, and an error message is displayed.

       You can specify a folder other than the current folder by using the +folder argument.  If you do not specify a folder, and cannot find  the
       current folder, asks you whether you want to delete instead.

       If the current folder is removed, it makes current.

       Note that the command irreversibly deletes messages that do not have other links, so use it with caution.

       If  the folder being removed is a sub-folder, the parent folder becomes the new current folder, and tells you that this has happened.  This
       provides an easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages, operating on the list, then removing the list  and  returning  to  the  current
       folder from which the list was extracted.

       Using to delete a read-only folder deletes the private sequence and current message information from the file, without affecting the folder
       itself.	If you have sub-folders within a folder, you must delete all the sub-folders before you can delete the folder itself.

Options
       -help	 Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

       -interactive
       -nointeractive
		 Asks for confirmation before deleting a folder.  By default, deletes a folder and its messages without asking	for  confirmation.
		 If  you  specify  the	-interactive option, asks if you are sure before deleting the folder.  You are advised to use this option,
		 since when deletes a folder its contents are lost irretrievably.

Examples
       This example shows how asks for confirmation when the -interactive option is used:
       % rmf -interactive +test
       Remove folder "test"? y

Profile Components
       Path:   To determine the user's Mail directory

Files
       The user profile.

See Also
       rmm(1mh)

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