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Message-ID: <0d8d01c389c3$d68bf3b0$cd8a9dc0@uk.aonix.com>
From: "Cliff Hones" <cliff AT aonix DOT co DOT uk>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <1578FF984ABAD411AFA5000102C4BB5B04E41340 AT nimbus>
Subject: Re: file times and cp -u
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 16:34:29 +0100
Organization: Aonix Europe
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> We're having a problem with 'cp -u'.  It would appear that when you copy a
> file in the manner the sub-second part of the files' timestamp gets zeroed
> out causing the file to be recopied on subsequent attempts.  Is this a bug
> in cp or is it intentional behaviour?

Are you copying to a FAT partition?  File timestamp granularity on
FAT is 2 seconds, so that would be expected behaviour.

-- Cliff


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