On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 06:40:59PM +0000, Chris Green wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 10:28:12AM -0800, Michael Elkins wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 06:22:32PM +0000, Chris Green wrote: > > >How does mutt detect no change to the temporary file when one hits > > >R[eply] but then makes no change to the file? > > > > Yes, if the modification time on the file is unchanged. See > > $abort_unmodified to change this behavior. > > Thank you, I sort of want the opposite, a way to fool mutt into thinking > the file *hasn't* been modified. I'm editing the file via a wrapper > script and that always changes the modification time even if the file > hasn't actually changed. > > I think I will have to change how my wrapper script works to prevent it > copying the file *unless* it actually changes it.
man touch should do the trick! -Jeremy
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