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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 11:01:42 +1100
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie, freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/6124: Getting md5 to reset access times.
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> > >	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?

No, it corrupts the more important inode change times.  Mount read-only
to avoid corruption of both the access time and the inode change times,
not to mention the data.

Bruce

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