RE: Timestamp not updating

[Dr Christian Hicks <Chris dot Hicks at newcastle dot ac dot uk>]

ls -alu does the trick. I am used to Solaris on the Suns where
ls -alc does show changed times after touching or modification.

Thanks,

Chris

>===== Original Message From cygwin@cygwin.com =====
>On Sat, 22 Nov 2003, Dr Christian Hicks wrote:
>
>> I have just realised that after I have touched the files they
>> show as being updated if I view the files with Windows Explorer.
>> It is ls -alc and make that do not see the files as updated.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Chris
>
>The following is from "ls --help":
>
>  -c                         with -lt: sort by, and show, ctime (time of last
>                               modification of file status information)
>                               with -l: show ctime and sort by name
>                               otherwise: sort by ctime
>
>In other words, you're essentially asking it to print the file creation
>time.  "touch"  doesn't change that.  Try "ls -alu" or even "ls -al" --
>you should get different times there.
>
>I don't know if this explains your make problems.
>	Igor
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