Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 20 Jun 2002 21:19:51 +0100 | From | Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <> | Subject | lutime() for changing times of a symbolic link |
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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.
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