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From: phillips@FOZZIE.NRL.NAVY.MIL (Lee Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Retaining file modification times
Message-ID: <9105211828.AA12327@fozzie.nrl.navy.mil>
Date: 21 May 91 18:28:13 GMT
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I want to do something to a file without changing its modification
time.  I suppose I can write a script to get the time from ls, do the
modification, then restore the time (after converting it to numerical
format) with /usr/5bin/touch, but I'm hoping that there is an easier
way. (Csh solutions preferred.) 
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                                           Lee Phillips
                                           phillips@fozzie.nrl.navy.mil
                                           phillips@lcp.nrl.navy.mil