Feature Request Creation date/time

[Ian Webber]

Thanks for your response.

I was wondering if it was a UNIX thing.  I am using the cwRsync
www.itefix.no on  Windows 2000.  I agree making platform specific changes
wouldn't make much sense.

I guess I best check out robocopy.exe and see if that can do what I need it
to in this instance.  For anything non creation date important rsync will
still be my main staple.

Thanks again

Ian


> On typical UNIX system there is no such thing as file creation time;
> what ctime refers to is inode change time; Usually it cannot be set by
> user-mode software.
> So your request could be implemented only on specific platforms. And that
would
> not make much sense, IMHO.
>
>
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Ian Webber wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:52:29 +0100
> > From: Ian Webber <rimmer100 at hotmail.com>
> > To: rsync at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: Feature Request Creation date/time
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I use rsync to copy personal data to various different machines for
backup
> > purposes and enjoy the robustness of the copy process.
> >
> > I was wondering if it was possible to add the option for rsync to copy
the
> > creation date and time as well as the modification time.
> >
> > This is really just a request for 'completeness'.  When copying personal
> > files it's useful to know when the orginal was created and not just the
last
> > time it was modified.
> >
> > I understand that rsync doesn't need this information to do its job but
feel
> > it would be a useful addition if it was able to be implemented.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Ian
>


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