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From: cmf@cisunx.UUCP (Carl M. Fongheiser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: files date.
Message-ID: <7080@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 88 01:56:20 GMT
References: <8802091036.AA20109@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <2072@bsu-cs.UUCP> <2076@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: cmf@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu.UUCP (Carl M. Fongheiser)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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Any professor who depends on any file date stored by the VMS file system is
making a BIG mistake.  Why?  You don't even have to make a copy of the file
to change one of the dates.  Granted, RMS won't let you do it, but the ACP
(renamed the XQP) is quite happy to let you do it.  I don't have it handy,
but all the details are explained in the I/O User's Guide.

					Carl Fongheiser
					University of Pittsburgh
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