Thomas Hood wrote: > P.S. > > The patched script updates the mtime by doing: > > echo "" >> "$TMP_FILE" > > This is less than idea, since it adds a useless CR > to the end of the file. I tried: > > : >> "$TMP_FILE" > > which doesn't add anything to the file, but this failed > to change the mtime. > > Perhaps you can think of something better.
cp file file.new mv file.new file has the desired effect and atomically changes the mtime without a race window where the contents of file may be invalid. Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
