Re: changing time on a symlink

On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 07:28:43PM -0800, Salil Kumar wrote: Hi, How can we change the time on a sym link through a C program ? look at utime (man 2 utime)

Re: changing time on a symlink

ixx wrote: On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 07:28:43PM -0800, Salil Kumar wrote: Hi, How can we change the time on a sym link through a C program ? look at utime (man 2 utime) Hi,I think utime change the time for the file pointed by sym link. I need to change the time of symlink only. Any other

Re: changing time on a symlink

Salil Kumar wrote: I need to change the time of symlink only. Any other suggestions ? I think the only way is to use the time/date hack. 1. remove the link 2. set the clock to when the link should be modified 3. recreate the link 4. reset the clock to current date/time. There are wery few

Re: changing time on a symlink

Henrik Nordstrom wrote: Salil Kumar wrote: I need to change the time of symlink only. Any other suggestions ? I think the only way is to use the time/date hack. 1. remove the link 2. set the clock to when the link should be modified 3. recreate the link 4. reset the clock to

Re: changing time on a symlink

Salil Kumar wrote: Thanks for the suggestion, but If we change system time, and if the next CPU slice goesto some utility acting on system time, (cron jobs etc.) will not this solution work adversely ? Yes. There are some major drawbacks from changing the system time. Currenty I am

Re: changing time on a symlink

Salil Kumar wrote: I need to change the time of symlink only. Any other suggestions ? I think the only way is to use the time/date hack. 1. remove the link 2. set the clock to when the link should be modified 3. recreate the link 4. reset the clock to current date/time.

changing time on a symlink

Hi, How can we change the time on a sym link through a C program ? Thanks, -Salil -