Re: CVS update, set date on local harddrive to same as the

[Mark D. Baushke]

Larry Jones <address@hidden> writes:

> Ted Stern writes:
> > 
> > Is it possible to tell cvs checkout/update to preserve the mod time of the
> > repository file but update the access time?
> 
> There are comments in the code along the lines of, "there doesn't seem
> to be much point in trying to preserve the access time".  I think you've
> just provided a point.  I'm inclined to change CVS so that when it sets
> the mod time on a file, it sets the access time to the current time
> rather than setting it the same as the mod time.  Any comments?

Seems useful. I think I recall seeing some 'backup' program (I didn't go
with it) that only compared access times to the last backup rather than
keeping a record of what was backed up. The fix would help that
situation too.

        Enjoy!
        -- Mark