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[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 6 months ago (4 children)

you don't need the ! when you have the w, because your changes already get saved.

[–] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Try editing a file in /etc as a regular user. It happens sometimes and you really want that warning that the write failed.

Anyway, :x is superior. It only writes if there are changes. So, your mtime doesn't change unnecessarily.

[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

wait people care about the mtime?

[–] carcus@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

I’ve had to do forensics on a rogue change. In finding when and who actually changed the file, mtime can help narrow it down when compared with wtmp.

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