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 file in question?
no offence, but that's really not the significant issue. it's a regular device file that existed intact up to two days ago that suddenly developed the seemingly impossible characteristic of having been created on a day that can't exist no matter whose calendar you employ. ls -al sees it but cat can't find it. i can work around its corruption without a problem. touch updates the date but cat still claims it doesn't exist. what i'm interested in is any hints as to how this could happen in the first place thanks for your response but please don't cc to my address. keep it on the list. ben
