[NTLUG:Discuss] changing timestamp on symbolic link?

[Michael Patrick]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 08:43:13AM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote:
> I'd like to change the timestamp on a link (hard or symbolic, I don't
> care which) without changing the timestamp on the target.
> 
> Does anyone know how to do that?  
> 
> If it's impossible, why do symbolic links have timestamps at all?
>

"touch"ing it changes the target it would seem.  The only way I can think of is to recreate it.  As to why it has one... everything on the file system has one.


Michael