Re: SMB oddness (patch attached)
Bill Hawes (whawes@star.net)
Sat, 22 Nov 1997 14:30:04 -0500
Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
> The only problem I'm having is a long-standing one. I'd really like it if
> the Unix mtime stamp became the visible file timestamp (is it create in
> MS-DOS?) when copying to smb shares. Once upon a time it did work this
> way, and I really don't like "losing" file modify stamps when moving
> across filesystems.
Smbfs is using the mtime value when talking to WfW or MS-DOS systems.
These systems only support a single time, so we use mtime. (AFAIK, smbfs
has always done it this way.) Under what conditions are you not getting
the mtime value as the DOS-side timestamp?
Regards,
Bill