Re^4: (OT) indexing pdf archive content in a multiuser environment- how do i know when the content changed?

Except that it's possible for a user to intentially subvert a scheme based on such checks by using touch.

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Re^5: (OT) indexing pdf archive content in a multiuser environment- how do i know when the content changed? by Joost (Canon) on May 26, 2007 at 02:34 UTC
Well, yeah, but this scheme isn't trying to protect against intentional subversion. It will work when everyone is playing fair. Also, my copy of Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment (2nd edition) implies you can't change the mtime without setting the ctime to the current time. update: AFAIK you can't actually set the ctime to anything but the current time at all. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]

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Also, my copy of Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment (2nd edition) implies you can't change the mtime without setting the ctime to the current time.

update: AFAIK you can't actually set the ctime to anything but the current time at all.

"What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"