Error on Mototorola Moto G2 with MM

[Giangi]

I know that this project has been silent since long ago, but this script is still the only option to keep timestamps!!!

So far I managed to run it on the pc (using cygwin) because it's not running on my Moto G2 for reading timestams.
Today I decided it was time to try opening a discussion! :)

So, right now the MotoG2 is rooted with Magisk v12, without external busybox but enabled the (basic) internal one.
In the past I MAY (I actually do not remember) have tried using SuperSU and BusyBox from Stericson.

To me it looks like the "stat" cmd I have is not supporting the format used into the script

Here yuo are an output from adb shell:

1|shell@titan_umtsds:/sdcard $
1|shell@titan_umtsds:/sdcard $ su
root@titan_umtsds:/storage/emulated/0 # sh stamps.sh read .
Working on dir: ./
stat: '{}': No such file or directory
stat: '{}': No such file or directory

Just in case, this is the help output of the "stat" available on my phone!

usage: stat [-f] [-c FORMAT] FILE...

Display status of files or filesystems.

-f display filesystem status instead of file status
-c Output specified FORMAT string instead of default

The valid format escape sequences for files:
%a  Access bits (octal) |%A  Access bits (flags)|%b  Blocks allocated
%B  Bytes per block     |%d  Device ID (dec)    |%D  Device ID (hex)
%f  All mode bits (hex) |%F  File type          |%g  Group ID
%G  Group name          |%h  Hard links         |%i  Inode
%n  Filename            |%N  Long filename      |%o  I/O block size
%s  Size (bytes)        |%u  User ID            |%U  User name
%x  Access time         |%X  Access unix time   |%y  File write time
%Y  File write unix time|%z  Dir change time    |%Z  Dir change unix time

The valid format escape sequences for filesystems:
%a  Available blocks    |%b  Total blocks       |%c  Total inodes
%d  Free inodes         |%f  Free blocks        |%i  File system ID
%l  Max filename length |%n  File name          |%s  Fragment size
%S  Best transfer size  |%t  File system type

[dragomerlin]

What happens if you do
sh stamps.sh read /sdcard/

[Giangi]

Sorry for the late reply... SF didn't notify me...

Nothing changed:

adb shell
shell@titan_umtsds:/ $ su
root@titan_umtsds:/ # cd sdcard
root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # sh stamps.sh read /sdcard/
Working on dir: /sdcard//
stat: '{}': No such file or directory

Isn't strange that the "working on" reports the path with a double slash?
Without the trailing slash I got this error

root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # sh stamps.sh read /sdcard
Missing directory: /sdcard

same error without the starting slash

1|root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # sh stamps.sh read sdcard/
Missing directory: sdcard/

BTW: I know really a little of Linux...

[dragomerlin]

The double dash does not affect. The script adds a dash always in case you put only the name so it always has a dash at least at the end.

Try the newer version stamps-v2.5-busybox_stat.sh wich uses the stat from busybox instead of the default from android.

[Giangi]

Hi,

nothing changed... :-(

I have used this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox

Could you change the script so it will "echo" the cmd being executed? It could help understanding what is wrong... I know how to do using the MS commands but I do known nothing abouth bash... :-(

[Giangi]

BTW, this is the new stat currently installed help

root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # busybox stat
BusyBox v1.26.2-Stericson (2017-01-14 16:15:58 PST) multi-call binary.

Usage: stat [OPTIONS] FILE...

Display file (default) or filesystem status

        -c FMT  Use the specified format
        -f      Display filesystem status
        -L      Follow links
        -t      Terse display

FMT sequences for files:
 %a     Access rights in octal
 %A     Access rights in human readable form
 %b     Number of blocks allocated (see %B)
 %B     Size in bytes of each block reported by %b
 %d     Device number in decimal
 %D     Device number in hex
 %f     Raw mode in hex
 %F     File type
 %g     Group ID
 %G     Group name
 %h     Number of hard links
 %i     Inode number
 %n     File name
 %N     File name, with -> TARGET if symlink
 %o     I/O block size
 %s     Total size in bytes
 %t     Major device type in hex
 %T     Minor device type in hex
 %u     User ID
 %U     User name
 %x     Time of last access
 %X     Time of last access as seconds since Epoch
 %y     Time of last modification
 %Y     Time of last modification as seconds since Epoch
 %z     Time of last change
 %Z     Time of last change as seconds since Epoch

FMT sequences for file systems:
 %a     Free blocks available to non-superuser
 %b     Total data blocks
 %c     Total file nodes
 %d     Free file nodes
 %f     Free blocks
 %i     File System ID in hex
 %l     Maximum length of filenames
 %n     File name
 %s     Block size (for faster transfer)
 %S     Fundamental block size (for block counts)
 %t     Type in hex
 %T     Type in human readable form
1|root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard #

[dragomerlin]

Try the newer version which uses busybox find instead of the find included in the smartphone.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/androidtimestampkeeper/files/stamps-v2.6-busybox_stat_find.sh/download

Try going to the sdcard and do find:
cd /sdcard/
find .

And look if it lists all the contents of the sdcard.
What my script does it uses find to list all the files (excluded folders) and on each result of find executes the command stat to get the attributes and then uses sed to sort them and puts everything inside a text file.

Try:
cd /sdcard/
find . > mylist.txt
And see if the txt file contains stuff.
Also check the options of your find (use "find" and "busybox find" alternatively on examples) and see if the option -exec is allowed.

[Giangi]

Yes, it finds something...

shell@titan_umtsds:/ $ su
root@titan_umtsds:/ # cd /sdcard/
root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # find .
.
./Android
./Android/media
./Android/media/com.android.providers.media
./Android/media/com.google.android.talk
./Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications
./Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg

here you are the system's find help...

1|root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # find --help
usage: find [-HL] [DIR...] [<options>]

Search directories for matching files.
Default: search "." match all -print all matches.

-H  Follow command line symlinks         -L  Follow all symlinks

Match filters:
-name  PATTERN filename with wildcards   -iname      case insensitive -name
-path  PATTERN path name with wildcards  -ipath      case insensitive -path
-user  UNAME   belongs to user UNAME     -nouser     user not in /etc/passwd
-group GROUP   belongs to group GROUP    -nogroup    group not in /etc/group
-perm  [-]MODE permissons (-=at least)   -prune      ignore contents of dir
-size  N[c]    512 byte blocks (c=bytes) -xdev       stay in this filesystem
-links N       hardlink count            -atime N    accessed N days ago
-ctime N       created N days ago        -mtime N    modified N days ago
-newer FILE    newer mtime than FILE     -mindepth # at least # dirs down
-depth         ignore contents of dir    -maxdepth # at most # dirs down
-type [bcdflps] (block, char, dir, file, symlink, pipe, socket)

Numbers N may be prefixed by a - (less than) or + (greater than):

Combine matches with:
!, -a, -o, ( )    not, and, or, group expressions

Actions:
-print   Print match with newline  -print0    Print match with null
-exec    Run command with path     -execdir   Run command in file's dir
-ok      Ask before exec           -okdir     Ask before execdir

Commands substitute "{}" with matched file. End with ";" to run each file,
or "+" (next argument after "{}") to collect and run with multiple files.

...and this is busybox's find help

root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # busybox find --help
BusyBox v1.26.2-Stericson (2017-01-14 16:15:58 PST) multi-call binary.

Usage: find [-HL] [PATH]... [OPTIONS] [ACTIONS]

Search for files and perform actions on them.
First failed action stops processing of current file.
Defaults: PATH is current directory, action is '-print'

        -L,-follow      Follow symlinks
        -H              ...on command line only
        -xdev           Don't descend directories on other filesystems
        -maxdepth N     Descend at most N levels. -maxdepth 0 applies
                        actions to command line arguments only
        -mindepth N     Don't act on first N levels
        -depth          Act on directory *after* traversing it

Actions:
        ( ACTIONS )     Group actions for -o / -a
        ! ACT           Invert ACT's success/failure
        ACT1 [-a] ACT2  If ACT1 fails, stop, else do ACT2
        ACT1 -o ACT2    If ACT1 succeeds, stop, else do ACT2
                        Note: -a has higher priority than -o
        -name PATTERN   Match file name (w/o directory name) to PATTERN
        -iname PATTERN  Case insensitive -name
        -path PATTERN   Match path to PATTERN
        -ipath PATTERN  Case insensitive -path
        -regex PATTERN  Match path to regex PATTERN
        -type X         File type is X (one of: f,d,l,b,c,...)
        -perm MASK      At least one mask bit (+MASK), all bits (-MASK),
                        or exactly MASK bits are set in file's mode
        -mtime DAYS     mtime is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
                        or exactly N days in the past
        -mmin MINS      mtime is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
                        or exactly N minutes in the past
        -newer FILE     mtime is more recent than FILE's
        -inum N         File has inode number N
        -user NAME/ID   File is owned by given user
        -group NAME/ID  File is owned by given group
        -size N[bck]    File size is N (c:bytes,k:kbytes,b:512 bytes(def.))
                        +/-N: file size is bigger/smaller than N
        -links N        Number of links is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
                        or exactly N
        -prune          If current file is directory, don't descend into it
If none of the following actions is specified, -print is assumed
        -print          Print file name
        -print0         Print file name, NUL terminated
        -exec CMD ARG ; Run CMD with all instances of {} replaced by
                        file name. Fails if CMD exits with nonzero
        -exec CMD ARG + Run CMD with {} replaced by list of file names
        -delete         Delete current file/directory. Turns on -depth option

[dragomerlin]

cd /sdcard/

stat -c %y "Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg"

stat -c %n "Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg"

stat -c %Y "Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg"

busybox stat -c %y "Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg"

busybox stat -c %n "Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg"

busybox stat -c %Y "Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg"

busybox find Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg -type f -exec sh -c 'busybox stat -c %n "{}" ' \; -exec busybox stat -c %Y "{}" \; -exec sh -c 'busybox stat -c %y "{}" | sed -e 's/-//g' | sed -e 's/://g' | sed -e "s/ //g" | cut -d '.' -f1 | sed "s/./.&/13" ' \;

[Giangi]

ok, here you are the first three stat...

130|root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # stat -c %y "Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg"
2017-05-25 15:37:43.000000000
root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # stat -c %n "Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg"
Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg
root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # stat -c %Y "Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg"
1495719463

...the busybox's stat...

root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # busybox stat -c %y "Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg"
2017-05-25 13:37:43.000000000
root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # busybox stat -c %n "Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg"
Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg
root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # busybox stat -c %Y "Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg"
1495719463

...and the last test; it left the input open, I had to press ctrl+c to go back to the prompt...

root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # busybox find Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg -type edia/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg -type f -exec sh -c 'busybox stat -c %n                 s_message.ogg -type f -exec sh -c 'busybox stat -c %n "{}" ' \; -exec busybox stat -c %Y "{}" \; -exec s                 %n "{}" ' \; -exec busybox stat -c %Y "{}" \; -exec sh -c 'busybox stat -c %y "{}" | sed -e 's/-//g' |                 ec sh -c 'busybox stat -c %y "{}" | sed -e 's/-//g' | sed -e 's/://g' | sed -e "s/ //g" | cut -d '.' -f1                 | sed "s/./.&/13" ' \;           <
Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg
1495719463

^C

Ciao!

[Giangi]

BTW, v2.6 has worked but only for the first file in "read" mode!! :-)

I had to ctrl+c to stop and the file had only one file inside...

[dragomerlin]

This is what I get with Cygwin:

$ find .profile -type f -exec sh -c 'stat -c %n "{}" ' \; -exec stat -c %Y "{}" \; -exec sh -c 'stat -c %y "{}" | sed -e 's/-//g' | sed -e 's/://g' | sed -e "s/ //g" | cut -d '.' -f1 | sed "s/./.&/13" ' \;
.profile
1500983971
201707251359.31

Looks like your commands are working with and without busybox. Use the code icon to post better. What is the problem now, does not work?

[Giangi]

As I wrote, v26 it works, but only for the first file and then it hung. The generated file, after about 10 minutes, contains only one entry...

./Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg
1495719463

[Giangi]

Hi hope you can understand the following... I have added a "set -x" and this is the output, but only for the first iteration... probably I should put another "set -x" inside the last (very complex) statement!

with v24 script

root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # sh stamps-v24.sh  read .
+ >/dev/null
+ 2>&1
+ command -v find
+ >/dev/null
+ 2>&1
+ command -v sed
+ >/dev/null
+ 2>&1
+ command -v ps
+ cname=0
+ cdate=0
+ '[' read '!=' read ']'
+ sed -e 's,/\+$,,'
+ echo .
+ WDIR=./
+ echo 'Working on dir: ./'
Working on dir: ./
+ '[' read '=' read ']'
+ rm timestamps.txt
+ >>timestamps.txt
+ cd ./
+ find . -type f -exec sh -c 'stat -c %n "{}" ' ';' -exec stat -c %Y {} ';' -exec sh -c 'stat -c %y "{}" | sed -e s/-//g | sed -e s/://g | sed -e "s/ //g" | cut -d . -f1 | sed "s/./.&/13" ' ';'
stat: '{}': No such file or directory
stat: '{}': No such file or directory

[Giangi]

...with v25...

+ >/dev/null
+ 2>&1
+ command -v find
+ >/dev/null
+ 2>&1
+ command -v sed
+ >/dev/null
+ 2>&1
+ command -v ps
+ cname=0
+ cdate=0
+ '[' read '!=' read ']'
+ sed -e 's,/\+$,,'
+ echo .
+ WDIR=./
+ echo 'Working on dir: ./'
Working on dir: ./
+ '[' read '=' read ']'
+ rm timestamps.txt
+ >>timestamps.txt
+ cd ./
+ find . -type f -exec sh -c 'busybox stat -c %n "{}" ' ';' -exec busybox stat -c %Y {} ';' -exec sh -c 'busybox stat -c %y "{}" | sed -e s/-//g | sed -e s/://g | sed -e "s/ //g" | cut -d . -f1 | sed "s/./.&/13" ' ';'
stat: can't stat '{}': No such file or directory
stat: can't stat '{}': No such file or directory

[Giangi]

...with v26...

+ >/dev/null
+ 2>&1
+ command -v find
+ >/dev/null
+ 2>&1
+ command -v sed
+ >/dev/null
+ 2>&1
+ command -v ps
+ cname=0
+ cdate=0
+ '[' read '!=' read ']'
+ sed -e 's,/\+$,,'
+ echo .
+ WDIR=./
+ echo 'Working on dir: ./'
Working on dir: ./
+ '[' read '=' read ']'
+ rm timestamps.txt
+ >>timestamps.txt
+ cd ./
+ busybox find . -type f -exec sh -c 'busybox stat -c %n "{}" ' ';' -exec busybox stat -c %Y {} ';' -exec sh -c 'busybox stat -c %y "{}" | sed -e s/-//g | sed -e s/://g | sed -e "s/ //g" | cut -d . -f1 | sed "s/./.&/13" ' ';'
^C

[dragomerlin]

Ok try only read with the script "stamps-test-1.sh". Don't use write is not compatible.

[Giangi]

oh YES! It worked! :-) Here you are the first lines...

./Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Notifications/hangouts_message.ogg
1495719463
2017-05-25 13:37:43.000000000
./Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Ringtones/hangouts_incoming_call.ogg
1495719463
2017-05-25 13:37:43.000000000
./Android/data/.nomedia
1452108959
2016-01-06 19:35:59.000000000
./Android/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/testdata/voice/it_IT.c279fc03/voice_instructions.zip
1480987019
2016-12-06 01:16:59.000000000
./Android/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/cache/cache_r.0
1500657828
2017-07-21 17:23:48.000000000

This is the ls output, I bet the time is GMT (my computer is on CEST)

1|shell@titan_umtsds:/sdcard/Android/media/com.google.android.talk $ ls -l -R

.:
drwxrwx--x root     sdcard_rw          2016-08-23 00:48 Notifications
drwxrwx--x root     sdcard_rw          2016-08-23 00:48 Ringtones

./Notifications:
-rw-rw---- root     sdcard_rw    30056 2017-05-25 15:37 hangouts_message.ogg

./Ringtones:
-rw-rw---- root     sdcard_rw    76425 2017-05-25 15:37 hangouts_incoming_call.ogg

[dragomerlin]

Ok try stamps-v2.7.sh should work to read and write. To check a single file just edit timestamps.txt and leave the 3 lines for a file you want to test with, for example put a file in sdcard.

[Giangi]

The read has worked but I got this error at the end

shell@titan_umtsds:/ $ su
root@titan_umtsds:/ # cd sdcard/
root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # sh st
stamps.sh  stamps.txt
root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # sh stamps.sh read .
Working on dir: ./
sed: bad pattern '3~3 s/-//g'@3 (3)
sed: bad pattern '3~3 s/://g'@3 (3)
sed: bad pattern '3~3 s/ //g'@3 (3)
sed: bad pattern '3~3 s/\..*//'@3 (3)
sed: bad pattern '3~3 s/./.&/13'@3 (3)
root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard #

Now I will try the write.

BTW, I have compared v2.4 with v2.7 and found you have delete every references to "busybox", not only in comments but also in code for "write". Is that correct or a side-effect from testing? :)

[Giangi]

The write operation has failed with v2.7 :(

root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard # sh stamps.sh write backups/
Working on dir: backups//
touch: invalid date '2017-07-12 14:17:26.000000000'
root@titan_umtsds:/sdcard #

Same error with v2.4

[Giangi]

Here you are the system's touch help

usage: touch [-amch] [-d DATE] [-t TIME] [-r FILE] FILE...

Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.

-a      change access time
-m      change modification time
-c      don't create file
-h      change symlink
-d      set time to DATE (in YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:SS[.frac][tz] format)
-t      set time to TIME (in [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss][frac] format)
-r      set time same as reference FILE

...and this the busybox's one

BusyBox v1.26.2-Stericson (2017-01-14 16:15:58 PST) multi-call binary.

Usage: touch [-c] [-d DATE] [-t DATE] [-r FILE] FILE...

Update the last-modified date on the given FILE[s]

        -c      Don't create files
        -h      Don't follow links
        -d DT   Date/time to use
        -t DT   Date/time to use
        -r FILE Use FILE's date/time

Could it be that the parameter to use is -d since mine stat is formatting both date and time?

./backup_12_lug_2017_16-17-25.seb
1499869046
2017-07-12 14:17:26.000000000

[Giangi]

I have modified timestamps.txt removing the separators and now the v2.7 "write" has restored the date I have changed! :-)

./backup_12_lug_2017_16-17-25.seb
1499869046
201707121417.26

[dragomerlin]

Try these commands and see if work:

echo -e "house\nhouse\nhouse\nhouse"

Must display:
house
house
house
house

Another:

echo -e "house\nhouse\nhouse\nhouse" | sed '3~3 s/house/cat/g'

Must display:
house
house
cat
house

This the same result as before:

echo -e "house\nhouse\nhouse\nhouse" | busybox sed '3~3 s/house/cat/g'

[Giangi]

Here you are the first...

root@titan_umtsds:/ # echo -e "house\nhouse\nhouse\nhouse"
house
house
house
house

...the second (BTW, inside the "adb shell" launched from Win10 command I cannot type the tilde ~! I had to launch adb shell from Cygwin but I do not like it because I cannot have the same cursor's movements and copy&paste as from the Win10 command...) gives a sed's error...

root@titan_umtsds:/ # echo -e "house\nhouse\nhouse\nhouse" | sed '3~3 s/house/cat/g'
echo -e "house\nhouse\nhouse\nhouse" | sed '3~3 s/house/cat/g'
sed: bad pattern '3~3 s/house/cat/g'@3 (3)

...the third too gives a sed's error...

1|root@titan_umtsds:/ # echo -e "house\nhouse\nhouse\nhouse" | busybox sed '3~3 s/house/cat/g'
echo -e "house\nhouse\nhouse\nhouse" | busybox sed '3~3 s/house/cat/g'
sed: unsupported command ~