[Samba] Re: Problems with file date/time creation and modification

Raphael TAVERNIER rtavernier at ifrance.com
Tue Dec 16 18:43:49 GMT 2003


Changing from Yes to No these options ( dos filetime & dos filetime 
resolution) don't change anything. As none of possible combinations...

At 20:47 13/12/2003, you wrote:
>What happens when you set both of those options to No?
>--------- Original Message ---------
>DATE: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:05:21
>From: Raphael TAVERNIER <rtavernier at ifrance.com>
>To: dkrnic at lycos.com
>Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
>
>So no solution?... It is not possible to syncronize "real" M$ files with 
>samba share files....
>
>At 12:52 12/12/2003, you wrote:
>> > I have Time precision problem between linux samba shares
>> > and M$ files I want to use my tux to save files from my
>> > M$ PC's. Of course I want to do incrementals copy based
>> > on modification date...
>> >
>> > I mount my samba shares from my Windows Boxs and use
>> > tools on the micro$oft boxs. (Xcopy /D or SyncroniX )
>> > The problem is that the modification date on the samba
>> > share and on de source file on the M$ local disk is
>> > sometimes different by 1s (newer or older).
>> > For example I create a file c:\mytest.txt the file
>> > properties says Created modified at 18:30:01
>> > I xcopy it to my samba share window$ properties says
>> > Created modified at 18:30:00 which is older! so when
>> > I xcopy /D the file is copied again and again.
>> >
>> > I'm Running samba-2.2.7a-8.9.0 on Redhat 9.0
>> > My M$ boxs are both W2K and XP (on NTFS).
>> >
>>&
>>
>>gt; I've searched a little around and set :
>> > dos filetime resolution = yes 'for the dos 2s
>> > resolution time... and : dos filetimes = yes
>> > '...for Visual C++...
>> >
>> > But it didn't change anything.
>> > Is it possible to syncronize these filetimes...?
>>
>>Probably not. I believe DOS/Windows packs the time in such
>>a way that they have no notion of odd seconds times. All
>>seconds are even. But that is normally no problem.
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