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List:       tuhs
Subject:    [TUHS] Retaining file-modified timestamps
From:       jnc () mercury ! lcs ! mit ! edu (Noel Chiappa)
Date:       2019-04-04 12:56:02
Message-ID: 20190404125602.5D34518C0F4 () mercury ! lcs ! mit ! edu
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So, a while back I mentioned that I'd done tweaked versions of 'cp', 'mv',
'chmod' etc for V6 which retained the original modified date of a file (when
the actual contents were not changed). I had some requests for those versions,
which I have finally got around to checking and uploading (along with 'mvall',
which for some reason V6 didn't have). I've added them to a couple of my V6
pages:

  http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/V6Unix.html#mvall
  http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/ImprovingV6.html#FileWrite

Note (per the page) that the latter group all require the smdate() system
call, which was commented out in 'vanilla' V6 (because using it confused the
backup system); the page gives instructions on how to turn it back on.

       Noel
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