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On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:51:41 -0500, 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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Try rdiff-backup, it does more or less what you are doing manually, |
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without all the hassle or potential for error. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little |
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temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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