evan@pedsgo.UUCP (01/22/87)
We are working on our backup scripts, and have found that ff has -c and -m
options, where c=file changed date, and m=file modified date. In my
dictionary, change and modify are synonyms. What is the difference to ff
and, I suppose, to all of Unix?
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In article <624@pedsgo.UUCP> evan@pedsgo.UUCP writes: >We are working on our backup scripts, and have found that ff has -c and -m >options, where c=file changed date, and m=file modified date. In my >dictionary, change and modify are synonyms. What is the difference to ff >and, I suppose, to all of Unix? In this case, the difference between a `change' and a `modification' is the difference between altering the label on a package and altering its contents. If someone says `chmod a-w myfile', that is a change; if someone says `echo foo >> myfile', that is a modification. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) UUCP: seismo!mimsy!chris ARPA/CSNet: chris@mimsy.umd.edu