From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4LLS-0002Kx-QH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:28:23 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7EGRBAo004132; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:27:11 GMT Received: from rutherford.zen.co.uk (rutherford.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.142]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7EGNaoB030916 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:23:36 GMT Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=desiato.digimed.co.uk) by rutherford.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E4LHA-0006ON-FH for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:23:56 +0000 Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.2]) by desiato.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16A031405F61 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:23:54 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:23:53 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Way OT - date listed for a directory in ls -l Message-ID: <20050814172353.77b6c9a7@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1124034702.11694.8.camel@baby.espersunited.com> References: <1124034702.11694.8.camel@baby.espersunited.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.13 (GTK+ 2.6.8; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Signature_Sun__14_Aug_2005_17_23_53_+0100_kFODq_cTKphuaF1n; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Originating-Rutherford-IP: [82.69.83.178] X-Archives-Salt: 6b3b6907-2e3f-417c-becf-4a3bf42fc09f X-Archives-Hash: 5358b9f4d697be7f397c1ec7b680984f --Signature_Sun__14_Aug_2005_17_23_53_+0100_kFODq_cTKphuaF1n Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:51:41 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: > Under what condition is the date of a directory (shown with ls -l) > updated? Is it when the directory is created, or when a file somewhere > below the directory is updated or some other time? I make weekly > backups of the user accounts on my server box. Because space and CD > media are in limited supply (at least for me) I write the backups to CD > once a month. Full backups are made on Sunday and after a new Sunday's > backup has been made I edit the previous Sunday's backup and delete all > files that hadn't been changed recently when that backup (the one I'm > editing) was made. This is a somewhat time-consuming method. I was > just wondering if the directory date could give me a clue as to the date > of the most recent file updated under that directory... Try rdiff-backup, it does more or less what you are doing manually, without all the hassle or potential for error. --=20 Neil Bothwick "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin --Signature_Sun__14_Aug_2005_17_23_53_+0100_kFODq_cTKphuaF1n Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC/3AZum4al0N1GQMRAvi4AJ9ne1tAvRQ7lOdJn+OzCjbnseVoNACfc0/5 D8TVVUk2OqUydF0lhiRQDPg= =bFyD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Sun__14_Aug_2005_17_23_53_+0100_kFODq_cTKphuaF1n-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list