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Re: File timestamp not updated by writes with current snapshot?
- To: Jonathan Kamens <jik at curl dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Subject: Re: File timestamp not updated by writes with current snapshot?
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:33:12 -0400
At 04:05 PM 7/13/2001, Jonathan Kamens wrote:
>I updated my winsup sources from the CVS repository yesterday and
>built cygwin1.dll. Using the new cygwin1.dll, I'm seeing something
>I've never seen before, so I suspect it is somehow related to the DLL,
>which is why I'm reporting it here. Basically, a file's timestamp
>isn't being updated, despite the fact that data is being added to the
>end of it, until after it's closed. Observe:
>
>$ (echo foo; ls -l foo 1>&2; sleep 60; echo foo; ls -l foo 1>&2) > foo
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 curlbot Administ 4 Jul 13 16:00 foo
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 curlbot Administ 8 Jul 13 16:00 foo
>$ ls -l foo
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 curlbot Administ 8 Jul 13 16:01 foo
>$
>
>The second ls output line above should say 16:01 but doesn't.
>
>Is this behavior known? Is it intentional?
Windows has trouble with times/date resolution. In that respect, this is
known. What DLL did you update from? I see it with 1.3.2 and 1.1.8.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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