On 28 Sep 2002 at 2:37, Richard wrote:
On Saturday 28 September 2002 12:54 am, Richard Bos wrote:
Marcel, How did you "touch" the file? I'm having the same probllembut with the blank preferences file I get an error message saying there is no header. What do I need to do? Richard
touch /etc/apt/preferences (you need to be root though)
Thanks again folks. I would feel real stupid, but this is the first time I have run across the command touch.. My man page says it updates the access and modifiacation times of each FILE. My question is what does that have to do with getting the file to work? Inquiring minds, you know.
By the way the sudden shutdown is no longer a problem since the new version came out.
Thanks again. Richard
Touch changes the date/time of the last change of the file to match the current date/time. This means that make will spot that the file is newer than the existing executable and re-compile all the files that use the touch-ed file. Programmers frequently use the touch command on all their source files to force a complete re-compile of the project. Hope this helps :) alan -- http://www.ibgames.net/alan Registered Linux user #6822 http://counter.li.org Winding Down - Weekly Tech Newsletter - subscribe at http://www.ibgames.net/alan/winding/mailing.html