Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-12 Thread G?nter Knab
- Forwarded message from Guenter Knab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Sorry for pasting the wrong subject on Wed, 13 Feb 2002 00:25:17 +0100 (CET) On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 09:10:35AM -0500, dman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 02:46:01AM +0100, G|nter Knab wrote: > *snipped* Thanks for the explan

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-11 Thread dman
On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 02:46:01AM +0100, Günter Knab wrote: | | On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, dman wrote: | | > On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 04:38:10PM -0800, ben wrote: | > | On Sunday 10 February 2002 03:34 pm, ben wrote: | > | > one if my /dev/ files has a mysterious date of 0 april 2001. has anyone had |

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-11 Thread ben
On Sunday 10 February 2002 09:21 pm, you wrote: > Em Dom, 2002-02-10 às 23:36, ben escreveu: [snip] > It is not a file it is a device, if there is nothing connected to it cat > will give you that exact answer > > no such file or DEVICE > > Michel. it's a serial device that should be returning at l

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-10 Thread Michel Loos
Em Dom, 2002-02-10 às 23:36, ben escreveu: > On Sunday 10 February 2002 05:14 pm, Matthew Dalton wrote: > > ben wrote: > > > one if my /dev/ files has a mysterious date of 0 april 2001. has anyone > > > had this before. can i/should i manually reset that, and, if so, how is > > > it done? > > > > A

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-10 Thread ben
On Sunday 10 February 2002 07:12 pm, Vineet Kumar wrote: [snip] >> no offence, but that's really not the significant issue. > > Well, it might be. For instance, if you're trying to cat a device file > corresponding to your microphone, but you don't have a soundcard, you > will get something like

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020210 18:31]: > On Sunday 10 February 2002 06:00 pm, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > thanks for the response, matthew. yeah, i was reading it correctly. touch > > > does change the date but doesn't affect the inability to cat the file. > > > cat still claims that it doe

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-10 Thread ben
On Sunday 10 February 2002 06:00 pm, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > thanks for the response, matthew. yeah, i was reading it correctly. touch > > does change the date but doesn't affect the inability to cat the file. > > cat still claims that it doesn't exist even though ls sees it. > > What is the

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-10 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> thanks for the response, matthew. yeah, i was reading it correctly. touch > does change the date but doesn't affect the inability to cat the file. cat > still claims that it doesn't exist even though ls sees it. > What is the file in question?

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-10 Thread Günter Knab
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, dman wrote: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 04:38:10PM -0800, ben wrote: > | On Sunday 10 February 2002 03:34 pm, ben wrote: > | > one if my /dev/ files has a mysterious date of 0 april 2001. has anyone > had > | > this before. can i/should i manually reset that, and, if so, how i

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-10 Thread ben
On Sunday 10 February 2002 05:14 pm, Matthew Dalton wrote: > ben wrote: > > one if my /dev/ files has a mysterious date of 0 april 2001. has anyone > > had this before. can i/should i manually reset that, and, if so, how is > > it done? > > Are you sure you're reading the ls output right? > > In my

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-10 Thread Matthew Dalton
ben wrote: > > one if my /dev/ files has a mysterious date of 0 april 2001. has anyone had > this before. can i/should i manually reset that, and, if so, how is it done? Are you sure you're reading the ls output right? In my /dev directory I have an entry: brw-rw1 root disk

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-10 Thread ben
On Sunday 10 February 2002 04:49 pm, dman wrote: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 04:38:10PM -0800, ben wrote: > | On Sunday 10 February 2002 03:34 pm, ben wrote: > | > one if my /dev/ files has a mysterious date of 0 april 2001. has anyone > | > had this before. can i/should i manually reset that, and, i

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-10 Thread dman
On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 04:38:10PM -0800, ben wrote: | On Sunday 10 February 2002 03:34 pm, ben wrote: | > one if my /dev/ files has a mysterious date of 0 april 2001. has anyone had | > this before. can i/should i manually reset that, and, if so, how is it | > done? | | to follow up on that probl

Re: date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-10 Thread ben
On Sunday 10 February 2002 03:34 pm, ben wrote: > one if my /dev/ files has a mysterious date of 0 april 2001. has anyone had > this before. can i/should i manually reset that, and, if so, how is it > done? to follow up on that problem, cat /dev/ returns 'no such device' even though ls -al shows

date reset on a /dev/ file

2002-02-10 Thread ben
one if my /dev/ files has a mysterious date of 0 april 2001. has anyone had this before. can i/should i manually reset that, and, if so, how is it done?