[Gllug] stat'ing a file shows it was changed today and yet it has the date of a few days ago

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Tue Jun 21 09:17:24 UTC 2011


On 20 Jun 2011, John Hearns told this:
> As a modern day shaman (read systems manager) I very often sort out or
> otherwise diagnose problems by "looking at the systems logs".
> This is the IT Crown equivalent of shutting yourself in a sweat lodge
> for seven days, taking hallucinogenic mushrooms and returning with a
> profound insight into the universe.

This is the best description of the process ever. (Though if it took
seven days, that was a hell of a problem.)

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