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touch -m changes not only the modification time


From: Dan Jacobson
Subject: touch -m changes not only the modification time
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 11:51:39 +0800

$ touch --help
  -m                     change only the modification time
$ touch x
$ stat x
Access: 2004-04-08 11:47:11
Modify: 2004-04-08 11:47:11
Change: 2004-04-08 11:47:11
$ touch -m x
$ stat x
Access: 2004-04-08 11:47:11
Modify: 2004-04-08 11:47:25
Change: 2004-04-08 11:47:25

So mention that it also might change the ctime on some systems, like
Linux 2.4.  Note in Info, man, and --help.




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