From: Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <edmundo@rano.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: lutime() for changing times of a symbolic link
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 21:19:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020620201951.GA3853@rano.org> (raw)
With linux-2.4.18 it seems to be impossible to change the access and
modification times of a symbolic link because utime() follows links.
Is there any reason not to add an lutime() system call, analogously
with chown and lchown?
Obviously it's not a burning issue, but it would enable tar xf to do
its job properly and remove what looks like an anomaly.
Edmund
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2002-06-25 23:19 ` lutime() for changing times of a symbolic link Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
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