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From: decot@hpisoa1.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Unix Question - what more can we want
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Date: Tue, 18-Nov-86 20:08:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 18 20:08:16 1986
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> I would like to be able to say:
> 
> 	touch -fdatefile files
> 
> The files are touched with the 'dates' of the datefile.  This is
> in CB/UNIX (yet another AT&T version of UNIX) and I sure wish it
> was in System 5 Release 2.  It can be very useful in makefiles.
> 
> Larry Cipriani

I remember a program called "sametimes" somewhere which would do this.

Dave Decot
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