UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

How do you change the modified time of a file on UNIX??

Frank,

Here is a search of the site for mtime.

https://www.unix.com/showthread.php?s...t=mtime+change

https://www.unix.com/search.php?s=&ac...der=descending

Hope these help you.



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Don't post the same post more than once and please don't post the same question on more than one forum at the same time. This confuses the other users of this site and causes subsequent answers to be on different posts for the exact same question.

Moderator can you merge/delete the other questions in the UNIX for dummies forum.

Frank, enjoy the site, but just post a question in only one forum.


Enjoy the site.

moderator's note: I deleted the other threads since they had no real content worth merging. I agree with Kelam_Magnus, a question should be posted once.

Frank, I think those earlier threads answer your question, but feel free to post a follow-up question if you need to.

But to amplify one point, if you want to change the mtime of a file from the command line, I would go with the "touch" command.

Perderabo,

I have a hunch the question was how to change the mtime to something older, if that is possible. I think I remember from somewhere that you can make the mtime older.

Am I just crazy?


Signed,

Crazy in McKinney

Yeah, the "touch" command can set the mtime to abitrary values, not just "now". Of course, "now" is the default. It can also "copy" the mtime from one file to another.