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I was not sure of the correct behaviour, so I couldnt fix it.
For me it was not clear if it was a feature or not.

Thanks for the fix.

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On Wed Oct 22 14:08:39 EDT 2003, r@geekmail.cc wrote:
> > It looks like a create of an existing file is not updating mtime. As a result
> > news prints old news because the mtime of $home/lib/newstime gets fixed to
> > the actual creation (not truncation) time.
>
> i just noticed this myself.  you need to write to a file to get its mtime updated.
> i believe this is a mistake; the manual says mtime is time of change of content,
> not time of write.
>
> i would change your news program to create and write a byte.
>
> -rob

i would fix the bug. new version of /sys/src/cmd/fossil/file.c on sources.

--jim
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