How to change file's modification time?
Answer:
1. To see the current file stats, use
# stats test.txtstat test.txtFile: `test.txt'Size: 25557 Blocks: 56 IO Block: 4096 regular fileDevice: ca01h/51713d Inode: 32714 Links: 1Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 1001/ user) Gid: ( 1000/ user)Access: 2010-01-02 18:53:46.000000000 +0800Modify: 1970-01-01 17:13:08.000000000 +0800Change: 2010-01-02 18:53:46.000000000 +0800
2. To change the file's mtime (Modification time), use
touch -m -d '1 Jan 2006 12:34' test.txt
3. To change the file's atime (Last access time), use
touch -a -d '1 Jan 2006 12:34' test.txt