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minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoTry editing a file in /etc as a regular user. It happens sometimes and you really want that warning that the write failed. Anyway, :x is superior. It only writes if there are changes. So, your mtime doesn’t change unnecessarily.
minus-squaremeow@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agowait people care about the mtime?
minus-squarecarcus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoI’ve had to do forensics on a rogue change. In finding when and who actually changed the file, mtime can help narrow it down when compared with wtmp.
Try editing a file in
/etcas a regular user. It happens sometimes and you really want that warning that the write failed.Anyway,
:xis superior. It only writes if there are changes. So, your mtime doesn’t change unnecessarily.wait people care about the mtime?
I’ve had to do forensics on a rogue change. In finding when and who actually changed the file, mtime can help narrow it down when compared with wtmp.