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minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoTry 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.
minus-squareMiku Luna \ she/it@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agowait people care about the mtime?
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.wait people care about the mtime?