on Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 02:04:57PM -0500, Maciej Kalisiak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello all, > > Is it possible to grep a ton of files without modifying their > date/timestamps? Currently if I use grep, it changes the access time > of all files touched, which causes mutt to lose track of the folders > which have new mail (I guess it looks at the timestamp last modified > and last accessed to figure this out). Occasionally I do want to > include the mail folders in my greps, so bypassing the "mail" > directory is not a solution.
Several hacks come to mind:
- Copy the files and grep the copies (does this change the
timestamps?)
- Remount the partition read-only.
- Build a tool to check timestamps, save them, grep the files, then
reapply the timestamps with 'touch'.
Cheers.
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