Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!simsong From: simsong@mit-eddie.UUCP (Simson L. Garfinkel) Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd Subject: using utimes(2) to change the time of a link Message-ID: <4809@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Sun, 28-Jul-85 20:37:21 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.4809 Posted: Sun Jul 28 20:37:21 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 30-Jul-85 06:12:24 EDT Distribution: net.bugs.4bsd Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 7 Replace this line with your message How do you do this? According to both the man page and experimentation, utimes chases the link and sets the time of the file pointed to. So how do you set the time of the link itself? Simson L. Garfinkel