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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:35:08 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: more ctime bugs
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Eric,

On Feb  9 21:27, ericblake AT comcast DOT net wrote:
> Corinna, since you've been fixing so many ctime bugs lately to match SUSv3
> and POSIX, could you also fix open(2) when O_TRUNC is set, and write(2) and
> link(2) in general, to touch ctime?

No problem with open and link, but I'm a bit reluctant to do this in
write.  Setting the file time on each WriteFile looks like a pretty
time consuming operation, so I'm a bit in doubt if every write operation
should be slowed down by this, POSIX compatibility or not.  Wouldn't
it help in most cases, if the close after write sets the ctime?


Corinna

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