Bob Chapman <[email protected]> writes: > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Richard Hipp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yes, I blame this on Office, for modifying a file then manually setting the >> "mtime" back to what is was before the modification. > > Actually it is even more bizarre since Office actually modifies an > 'xls' file even if you just open and close it without making any > changes! ;o > > <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826741> > > There is a binary difference between the file contents > > before you open and close an Excel workbook without > > saving it and after you open and close an Excel workbook > > without saving it. > > > > The issue does not apply to the following file formats in > > Microsoft Office Excel 2007: xlsx, xlsm, xlsb
Thanks for the link--it was actually very helpful. Looks like I can just save the spreadsheet as OOXML (i.e., .xlsx) instead of .xls and avoid this problem without having to change fossil's mtime-changes setting. _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
