Re: Many Files Dated Dec 31 1969 on Newly Unslung Slug

So you guys are saying these 1969 dates are normal then. I won't worry about it then.

 

Is this too trivial an item for the FAQ?

 

Thanks

 

Nathan

Rod Whitby <list.yahoo-GbZ4Qlu/HaPR7s880joybQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I actually find it quite useful, cause you can easily tell which files
> have been modified since the original firmware image.
>
> -- Rod
>
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:40:29 -0800, John Bowler <jbowler-HInyCGIudOg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Nathan Ellsworth [mailto:nathan-4cRV3uMUcEM+P2+pU7g3Mg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > >I am wondering why all the files in my root filesystem have a Unix
> > >epoch date of Dec 31, 1969.
> > 
> > The build of the file system specifies (somehow) that all the dates should
> > be hardwired as "0", i.e. as you correctly observe, the start of the epoch.
> > 
> > I believe, but I do not know for sure, that this is a consequence of
> > the --faketime argument to mkfs.jffs2.  It's annoying, but it's not going to
> > hurt anything.
> > <
>  BR>> John Bowler <jbowler-HInyCGIudOg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
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