Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote:
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Per Jessen wrote:
Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote:
Both, but I am mainly using the xfs. I have a lot of small files. The files themselves keep their times, but the directories all change.
I don't know if that's new, but it seems reasonable for the directory to change timestamp when the contents of the directoy changes.
I do not mind the timestamp changing on the directory the files are moved into, but to change the timestamp on all directories of the moved directory and below should not change. After all, all I want is to move the directory to a different directory.
I used the timestamp as a method of telling when the files within were created. This makes it really hard to tell what really is in the directory. I have source code from 1996. When the timestamp changes it makes me think I have changed something in the directory. I really have not. It makes keeping track of things a lot hard. I did not notice the timestamp change till I was looking for the differences between my working directory and the orignal. I could not tell which was which when the timestamps changed. It is making my development a lot harder.
Until this gets solved, use the script below: (put it in ~/bin, chmod it to 755, and set your PATH to make sure ~/bin preceeds /bin). To use the regular mv, type the path /bin/mv. #!/bin/bash ################################################################## # # mv move targets and preserve owner, mode, and timestamps # # usage: mv src [src1 ...] dest # # date Name Action # ----------- ----------------- ------------------------ # 25 Mar 2008 ARK Origination # ################################################################## DEBUG=1 # 0 = on, non-zero = off CP=/bin/cp CPFLAGS="-p -R" STDERR=/proc/self/fd/2 ARGCOUNT=$# if [ $ARGCOUNT -lt 2 ] then PID=$$ echo ${0}: usage: ${0} src [src1 ... ] dest > $STDERR exit 1 fi # DEST=$!$ARGCOUNT # doesn't work DEST=$BASH_ARGV # DEST=${[$ARGCOUNT]} doesn't get last param if [[ $DEBUG -eq 0 ]] ; then echo $DEST > $STDERR ; fi while [ $ARGCOUNT -gt 1 ] do ## execute the rm ONLY if the copy succeeds without error ${CP} ${CPFLAGS} $1 ${DEST} && rm -rf $1 shift # advance to next arg (( ARGCOUNT -= 1 )) # echo $ARGCOUNT > $STDERR done
-- Boyd Gerber
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