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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 19:02:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: Dr Christian Hicks <Chris DOT Hicks AT newcastle DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: RE: Timestamp not updating
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2003, Dr Christian Hicks wrote:

> I have just realised that after I have touched the files they
> show as being updated if I view the files with Windows Explorer.
> It is ls -alc and make that do not see the files as updated.
>
> Best regards,
> Chris

The following is from "ls --help":

  -c                         with -lt: sort by, and show, ctime (time of last
                               modification of file status information)
                               with -l: show ctime and sort by name
                               otherwise: sort by ctime

In other words, you're essentially asking it to print the file creation
time.  "touch"  doesn't change that.  Try "ls -alu" or even "ls -al" --
you should get different times there.

I don't know if this explains your make problems.
	Igor
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