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Re: fs/ext2/namei.c: dir link/unlink bug? [Re: mv changes dir timestamp


From: Albert D. Cahalan
Subject: Re: fs/ext2/namei.c: dir link/unlink bug? [Re: mv changes dir timestamp
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 03:50:52 -0400 (EDT)

Bob Proulx writes:

> I tested this on both HP-UX, IBM AIX and Linux.  HP-UX always
> preserved the previous timestamps.  The same with 2.2.x versions of
> Linux.  AIX was different and preserved the previous timestamp if
> the .. entry was the same as before but updated the timestamp if .. was
> different than before.  But in the case where no real changes occurred
> none updated the timestamp.  It would be interesting to see what
> Sun's Solaris and other systems do in those cases.  This does not seem
> like a huge deal.  There were differences in the different commercial
> flavors.  But I like to think that we can do better than that.

Compaq Tru64 5    No time change in any case.



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