Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 04:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/6124: Getting md5 to reset access times. Message-ID: <199803261200.EAA22907@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/6124; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/6124: Getting md5 to reset access times. Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 11:51:33 +0000 > > If you are using md5 to checksum a load of files you probably > > don't want all the access times changed. This is a small patch > > which adds a "-r" flag which resets the access times to what > > they were before the file was checksumed. > > I disagree with this change, it doesn't belong in the md5 program. Fair enough. > cksum(1) and sum(1) doesn't have it either. > > mtree(8) and tripwire may need this kind of stuff, but not md5(1). Would you be interested in a similar addition to mtree? David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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