Unix Programming - Re: How can I identify whether the file is modified with touch or it

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Re: How can I identify whether the file is modified with touch or it

David Schwartz

2007-12-19, 7:27 pm

On Dec 19, 1:18 am, lak <lakindi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to identify whether a file is really modified or it is done by
> using touch command?
> How can I find that?

What does "really modified" mean? You need to define it well enough so
that we can determine what qualifies. If "really modified" means the
contents change, then the answer is obvious -- store or checksum the
contents and then compare them later.

DS