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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP
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Subject: Re: change vs modify
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Date: Sat, 24-Jan-87 15:14:01 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 24 15:14:01 1987
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In article <624@pedsgo.UUCP> evan@pedsgo.UUCP writes:
>We are working on our backup scripts, and have found that ff has -c and -m
>options, where c=file changed date, and m=file modified date.  In my
>dictionary, change and modify are synonyms.  What is the difference to ff
>and, I suppose, to all of Unix?

In this case, the difference between a `change' and a `modification'
is the difference between altering the label on a package and
altering its contents.  If someone says `chmod a-w myfile', that
is a change; if someone says `echo foo >> myfile', that is a
modification.
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