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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 09:51:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: RE: Why does ls report some directory dates as future?
To: Andrej Borsenkow <Andrej DOT Borsenkow AT mow DOT siemens DOT ru>, dwsharp AT iee DOT org,
        gnuwin32 <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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--- Andrej Borsenkow <Andrej DOT Borsenkow AT mow DOT siemens DOT ru> wrote:
> >
> > The only comment is that all directories with wrong time are mount
> > points, and
> > they point to the FAT drives (root directory of FAT drives to be precise).
> I
> > cannot reproduce it with the same snapshot under Win2k with NTFS. If I
> mount
> > d: on /dosd I get correct time. That agrees with your output where
> > NTFS drives
> > do not have this problem.
> >
> > So, it smells like Cygwin bug.
> >
> 
> OTOH does root of FAT drive have any associated time at all? Probably, not.

This is definately a Cygwin bug.  And it does happen to me on my FAT drive. 
This is totally reproducable.  Good observation Andrej.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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