From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13405 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2006 08:02:23 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.1 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 25 Apr 2006 08:02:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 14797 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2006 08:02:16 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 25 Apr 2006 08:02:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 6455 invoked by alias); 25 Apr 2006 08:02:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10183 Received: (qmail 6445 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2006 08:02:08 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 25 Apr 2006 08:02:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 13645 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2006 08:02:08 -0000 Received: from mailhost.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.200.155) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 25 Apr 2006 08:02:07 -0000 Received: from [130.79.188.217] (sys-univ-x.u-strasbg.fr [130.79.188.217]) by mailhost.u-strasbg.fr (8.13.4/jtpda-5.5pre1) with ESMTP id k3P827TV093664 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:02:07 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <444DD773.5060003@ulpmm.u-strasbg.fr> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:01:55 +0200 From: Marc Chantreux User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: Style question: Can this be written in a more elegant way? References: <6F0CB04509C11D46A54232E852E390AC013D9EF9@MCHP7R6A.ww002.siemens.net> In-Reply-To: <6F0CB04509C11D46A54232E852E390AC013D9EF9@MCHP7R6A.ww002.siemens.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (mailhost.u-strasbg.fr [130.79.200.155]); Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:02:07 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.1/1424/Mon Apr 24 16:39:06 2006 on mr5.u-strasbg.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean > [OT] How exact are time stamps on files? man stat > If, basically, a time_t value > is choosen > for a time stamp, then in practice the only possibility for two files to > come > up with the same time stamp, is when the time stamp is explicitly > supplied > via "touch", isn't it? > > Ronald I think you're right but i'm not an expert. i've tried something like : echo content >a >b ; stat a b the Access timestamps are the same, modify one are differents. regards mc