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Re: Mutt, unnoticed new mail and improper access/change times



On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 03:42:47PM +0000, David Wright wrote:
... 
> Thanks - I've had to modify it slightly for a Sun because touch isn't
> so clever, and it becomes either
> 
> cat >>$BOX && sleep 2 && touch -m $BOX
> 
> or, better locking but much worse looking,
> 
> cat >>$BOX && env TZ=EST touch -m -t `date +%Y%m%d%H%M.%S` $BOX
> 
> where EST is anywhere west of here.

wonder what happens of you go to far west and hit the date border:)

-- 
groetjes, carel



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