If the file is mounted via FUSE, you can prolly get more control from userland (ie, sans root)...
Ben On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:17 PM, David Duncan <[email protected]> wrote: > You could change runlevel to single-user mode, or change it inside a > virtual machine instance that thinks it's a different time, or tar > it/bit fiddle the entry/untar it, or boot from a livecd/mount the > harddisk/change time/touch, etc. > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:03 AM, horst <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don't accept this as an aswer :-) >> My question was about arbitrarily changing the ctime of a file, or larger >> set of files. Down to the second, to the integer in the file stat structure. >> Like with touch with a time argument, or -r referenceFile. >> Like with touch and the -a or -m arguments -- I was asking for a -c >> argument! >> >> To achive that manually by changing the system time sounds like playing a >> video game, hit-and-miss. Plus other files may get stampd unintentionally >> during that period, and log entries may be created. >> >> - Horst >> >>> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:39:43 -0800 >>> From: Alan <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> >>> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] ls script help >>> >>> Mike Cherba wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 00:17 -0800, Alan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Which apparently doesn't change the ctime on linux. >>>>> >>>> Yup. Which is why you change the system time. Ccime is maintained by >>>> the system for good reasons. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I know I have used a *nix in the past 10 years in which touch could change >>> the ctime. A bastardized version of SCO, maybe? >>> It's now going to bug me until I figure it out. >>> >>> -ajb >>> _______________________________________________ >>> EUGLUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> EUGLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >> > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
