On 23 May 2003, Michael Long wrote: ML> Date: 23 May 2003 23:31:14 -0400 ML> From: Michael Long <mlong(a)datalong.com> ML> Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org ML> To: WLUG <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> ML> Subject: [Wlug] Last modified time ML> ML> How reliable is the ls -l listing. In other words is it possible to ML> modify a file and leave false timestamp on it. ML> ML> Thanks, ML> -- ML> Michael Long <mlong(a)datalong.com> ML> ML> ML> _______________________________________________ ML> Wlug mailing list ML> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org ML> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug ML> Michael, Yes, it's easy to change the time. The "utime" function is standard and does the trick. There's a perl binding, too. Bill