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SubjectRe: ReiserFS patch for updating ctimes of renamed files
Andrew Morton wrote:

>Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> wrote:
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>>do you think schultz's arguments about why it is wrong are correct?
>>They seem well thought out to me.
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>Well given that you've renamed the file, you do want the backup program to
>pick up the "new" file. But it'd be a pretty lame backup program which was
>fooled by a missing ctime update.
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>Yes, John has a point but we're not going to go and change all the other
>filesystems (are we?).
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why not? It is correct therefor....

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Hans


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