Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Oct 2003 23:25:27 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: ReiserFS patch for updating ctimes of renamed files |
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Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> wrote: > > do you think schultz's arguments about why it is wrong are correct? > They seem well thought out to me.
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.
Yes, John has a point but we're not going to go and change all the other filesystems (are we?).
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