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  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  33554432 Oct 28 11:16:10 2005 disk
  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  33554432 Oct 28 11:16:10 2005 disk


If a file has been modified the mtime will change to that date.
If a file has been modified the mtime will change to that date. The mtime can be changed in a file:
 
# date -r 0
Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 CET 1970
# touch -mt 197001010100.01 disk
# ls -lT disk                   
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  33554432 Jan  1 01:00:01 1970 disk

Revision as of 03:02, 28 October 2005

Time of last modification of a file, the information is taken from the inode.

$ stat -s disk | tr ' ' '\n' | grep mtime
st_mtime=1130490970
$ date -r 1130490970
Fri Oct 28 11:16:10 CEST 2005
$ ls -lT disk
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  33554432 Oct 28 11:16:10 2005 disk

If a file has been modified the mtime will change to that date. The mtime can be changed in a file:

# date -r 0
Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 CET 1970
# touch -mt 197001010100.01 disk
# ls -lT disk                     
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  33554432 Jan  1 01:00:01 1970 disk