Sponsored Content
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Amend File Without Changing Timestamp Post 302739333 by Ste_Moore01 on Tuesday 4th of December 2012 04:35:43 AM
Old 12-04-2012
Amend File Without Changing Timestamp

Hi,

Is it possible to amend a file without changing the last modified date?

If it is, how do you do it?

If it's not, is there a way to create an empty file with the same timestamp as another file?

I know you can use touch -t yyyymmddhhmm.ss filename but, I would want the file to have the exact same timestamp as another file.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

****EDIT****
Sorry, I forgot to mention. I'm trying to script using bash.
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Solaris

changing timestamp of a file

How can I change teh timestamp of a file (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: krishan
1 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Script to backup multiple files and amend their filenames

Hi, I'm trying to write a command that backs up certain files into my current directory and adds a prefix to the backed up file name. I realise this can be done in a script by specifying each individual file but would like to know if it can be done on one line and made an alias. I have the... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: m223464
5 Replies

3. Solaris

Amend the size of a Partition Error

Hi guys, I'm fidling around Partition space on SMC and on changing partition size, or assiging an unused partition to "usr", or even trying to alter the disk layout I get: Attempted Format of Partition /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s3 failed with unexpected CIM error: CIM_ERR_FAILED:CIM_ERR_FAILED:... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: drchris
2 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

amend ftp to sftp

Hi all, below is my current scriptftp -n << FTPCTRL open $my_ip user $my_user $my_pass ascii prompt off lcd $myDIR cd $ftp_cd $OPS $myfile FTPCTRLI'd like to amend it to sftp mode. Please advise the correct step.I consulted the man pages of sftp and I suppose I should be using the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: new2ss
1 Replies

5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Amend Unix hostname

Hi, Please could someone advise on the following if possible. I have built a unix server, and was given the wrong hostname. I need to amend the hostname to the correct name. And I don't want to rebuild the server again. I've tried the following to do change : hostname DTCT-TD3FIXI01A... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: venhart
3 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to replace and amend value in the same time

2009/03/30 08:11:34.553 DFP 2009/03/30 08:11:36.861 PLO I want it to be 2009/03/30 09:11:34.553 DFP 2009/03/30 09:11:36.861 PLO and 2009/03/30 23:11:34.553 DFP 2009/03/30 23:11:36.861 PLO to be 2009/03/30 00:11:34.553 DFP 2009/03/30 00:11:36.861 PLO Can we use sed or... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: lalelle
4 Replies

7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Changing timestamp file in crontab

Hi All I want to change the date timestamp for the log file but to do it within crontab I've tried the following.. 40 11 * * * /data/dart/dc65.1/bin/adstats.sh > /data/dart/dc65.1/bin/adstats_`date'+%d:%m-%H.%M.%S'`.log 2>&1 But I only get adstats_ Any ideas? Thanking you all... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Zak
4 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Getting a relative timestamp from timestamp stored in a file

Hi, I've a file in the following format 1999-APR-8 17:31:06 1500 3 45 1999-APR-8 17:31:15 1500 3 45 1999-APR-8 17:31:25 1500 3 45 1999-APR-8 17:31:30 1500 3 45 1999-APR-8 17:31:55 1500 3 45 1999-APR-8 17:32:06 1500 3 ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vaibhavkorde
1 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How to compare a file by its timestamp and store in a different location whenever timestamp changes?

Hi All, I am new to unix programming. I am trying for a requirement and the requirement goes like this..... I have a test folder. Which tracks log files. After certain time, the log file is getting overwritten by another file (randomly as the time interval is not periodic). I need to preserve... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mailsara
2 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

To check timestamp in logfile and display lines upto 3 hours before current timestamp

Hi Friends, I have the following logfile. Currently time in india is 07/31/2014 12:33:34 and i have the following content in logfile. I want to display only those entries which contain string 'Exception' within last 3 hours. In this case, it would be the last line only I can get the... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: srkmish
12 Replies
GMSTRFTIME(3)								 1							     GMSTRFTIME(3)

gmstrftime - Format a GMT/UTC time/date according to locale settings

SYNOPSIS
string gmstrftime (string $format, [int $timestamp = time()]) DESCRIPTION
Behaves the same as strftime(3) except that the time returned is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For example, when run in Eastern Standard Time (GMT -0500), the first line below prints "Dec 31 1998 20:00:00", while the second prints "Jan 01 1999 01:00:00". PARAMETERS
o $format - See description in strftime(3). o $timestamp - The optional $timestamp parameter is an integer Unix timestamp that defaults to the current local time if a $timestamp is not given. In other words, it defaults to the value of time(3). RETURN VALUES
Returns a string formatted according to the given format string using the given $timestamp or the current local time if no timestamp is given. Month and weekday names and other language dependent strings respect the current locale set with setlocale(3). EXAMPLES
Example #1 gmstrftime(3) example <?php setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US'); echo strftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S", mktime(20, 0, 0, 12, 31, 98)) . " "; echo gmstrftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S", mktime(20, 0, 0, 12, 31, 98)) . " "; ?> SEE ALSO
strftime(3). PHP Documentation Group GMSTRFTIME(3)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:31 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy