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On 14 August 2005 16:51, Michael Sullivan wrote: |
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> Under what condition is the date of a directory (shown with ls -l) |
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> updated? Is it when the directory is created, or when a file somewhere |
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> below the directory is updated or some other time? I make weekly |
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> backups of the user accounts on my server box. Because space and CD |
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> media are in limited supply (at least for me) I write the backups to CD |
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> once a month. Full backups are made on Sunday and after a new Sunday's |
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> backup has been made I edit the previous Sunday's backup and delete all |
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> files that hadn't been changed recently when that backup (the one I'm |
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> editing) was made. This is a somewhat time-consuming method. I was |
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> just wondering if the directory date could give me a clue as to the date |
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> of the most recent file updated under that directory... |
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Not really. The timestamp is changed when the directory itself (not it's |
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content) is written to. Creating a file in that directory (but not in a |
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subdirectory of it) changes it. Same for removing a file or renaming it. |
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