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Re: trying to *touch* makefile to fix the date stamp



On Sun, 2 Jan 2000 04:11:43 +0000, <jdls@apu.edu> wrote:

>Hi,
>I think I have screwed up my date stamp since I get a complaining message from make. I need to make the date current on all the makefiles in my system. Using the command
>
>$find  -name "[Mm]akefile" -exec touch \{\} \; doesn't seem to work... 
>
>any one help me please...
>
>thanks
>
>joseph 

Well, you might start by setting your system clock.  If you
check the top of this message, you'll see:

On Sun, 2 Jan 2000 04:11:43 +0000, <jdls@apu.edu> wrote:

Unless there's a SERIOUS delay in the system somewhere, your
system clock is wrong.  And touching everything is simply
going to set their date to your current system date, which
seems to be 2 Jan as of when you sent that yesterday.



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