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Exit Sign (lemmy.ml)

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[-] josefo@leminal.space 1 points 1 week ago

Why would you want to write again if no changes were made? It's some obtuse behavior

[-] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

One obvious use-case is to cause the file to get a new timestamp, which for example tools like make look at.

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