Re: how to grep without changing timestamps?
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> on Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 02:04:57PM -0500, Maciej Kalisiak (mac@cs.toronto.edu) wrote:
> > 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
> Several hacks come to mind:
>
> - Copy the files and grep the copies (does this change the
> timestamps?)
>
> - Remount the partition read-only.
>
> - Build a tool to check timestamps, save them, grep the files, then
> reapply the timestamps with 'touch'.
- File a bug report on mutt. This is a matter of mutt not playing
well with others.
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