On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 02:04:57PM -0500, Maciej Kalisiak wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Is it possible to grep a ton of files without modifying their date/timestamps?
> Currently if I use grep, it changes the access time of all files touched,
> which causes mutt to lose track of the folders which have new mail (I guess it
> looks at the timestamp last modified and last accessed to figure this out).
> Occasionally I do want to include the mail folders in my greps, so bypassing
> the "mail" directory is not a solution.
I doubt it. The point of the timestamps are to be accurate. However, you might
be able to hack the inode afterwards, not that I'd recommend it.
Mike
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