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Re: How can I identify whether the file is modified with touch or

Eric Sosman

2007-12-19, 8:10 am

lak wrote:
> I want to identify whether a file is really modified or it is done by
> using touch command?
> How can I find that?

Keep a copy of the file's original contents somewhere.
When you suspect the file may have been modified, compare
it to your copy. However, this still doesn't catch a
modification that overwrites some or all of the file with
the same byte values that were already present.

What are you trying to accomplish?

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Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid

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