Re: Maintaing similar but not identical versions of files

[Alan Sparks]

Mark wrote:
> I just found that cfagent does NOT copy the base file over again, even
> though the local version of the file is different.
> I thought initally that it copies the file over again as soon as it
> differs... What does it use to determine when to copy a file over again and
> when not? Timestamps?

Depends on the type= set in the copy specification.  Default is the 
ctime timestamp, but you can override the behavior to explicitly check 
file last-modified time, or do a signature comparison.

Check the copy documentation in the reference guide.
-Alan

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