Re: keeping mtimes in sync

[rader]

 > What problem are you trying to solve?

I want to keep destination mtimes in sync with source mtimes.

After thinking about it more, I've decided I'm worrying about a
non-issue: if the destination mtime changes, then almost all (?) of
the time the dest checksum changes too.  So using type=checksum
will keep the src and dest in sync (with the no-so-notable exception
that using touch can make them become out of sync.)

In other words, my testing methodology--using touch--caused me
to worry about type=mtime or whatever a bit too much.  There's an
interesting human engineering "trust" issue involved with rolling
out cfengine, imo.

Thanks!

steve 
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systems & network guy
high energy physics
university of wisconsin