[Box Backup] Directory mtime, etc.

Martin Ebourne boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:29:17 +0000


Ben Summers <ben@fluffy.co.uk> wrote:
> On 21 Dec 2004, at 03:21, Joe Krahn wrote:
>> Are directory attributes only partly supported, i.e. no mtime storage?
>> If so, any plans to change this?
>
> Not really. It's kind of difficult to restore mtimes without delving
> into the filesystem. Attribute data is restored as best it can be.

Surely that's just a call to utime(2) (POSIX) or utimes (BSD)?

Cheers,

Martin.