Strange behavior with echo.

[Jørgen Hermanrud Fjeld]

Hi. I was having trouble with echo not properly updating the mtime. Here is a
printout that pretty much shows what I mean:
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address@hidden NetControl]$ /sbin/hwclock;date;stat block.conf; echo "kafe" > 
block.conf; stat block.conf; touch block.conf; stat block.conf; echo "kafe" > 
block.conf;  stat block.conf;
Tue Oct 24 17:04:07 2000  -0,629838 seconds
tir okt 24 17:04:06 CEST 2000
  File: "block.conf"
  Size: 5            Allocated Blocks: 8            Filetype: Regular File
  Mode: (0660/-rw-rw----)         Uid: (  502/     jhf)  Gid: (  505/     jhf)
Device:  0,5   Inode: 291196    Links: 1
Access: Tue Oct 24 17:03:44 2000
Modify: Tue Oct 24 16:58:53 2000
Change: Tue Oct 24 16:58:53 2000
  File: "block.conf"
  Size: 5            Allocated Blocks: 8            Filetype: Regular File
  Mode: (0660/-rw-rw----)         Uid: (  502/     jhf)  Gid: (  505/     jhf)
Device:  0,5   Inode: 291196    Links: 1
Access: Tue Oct 24 17:03:44 2000
Modify: Tue Oct 24 16:59:15 2000
Change: Tue Oct 24 16:59:15 2000
  File: "block.conf"
  Size: 5            Allocated Blocks: 8            Filetype: Regular File
  Mode: (0660/-rw-rw----)         Uid: (  502/     jhf)  Gid: (  505/     jhf)
Device:  0,5   Inode: 291196    Links: 1
Access: Tue Oct 24 17:04:07 2000
Modify: Tue Oct 24 17:04:07 2000
Change: Tue Oct 24 16:59:15 2000
  File: "block.conf"
  Size: 5            Allocated Blocks: 8            Filetype: Regular File
  Mode: (0660/-rw-rw----)         Uid: (  502/     jhf)  Gid: (  505/     jhf)
Device:  0,5   Inode: 291196    Links: 1
Access: Tue Oct 24 17:04:07 2000
Modify: Tue Oct 24 16:59:15 2000
Change: Tue Oct 24 16:59:15 2000
address@hidden NetControl]$ 
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Seemingly the mtime is going backwards when echo operates on the file.

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 Sincerely
 Jørgen Hermanrud Fjeld

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