mirrordir doesn't preserve times
Bug #123858 reported by
hove99
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mirrordir (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: mirrordir
I'm using mirrordir to backup my files to an FTP-server, and as the man file says:
"Mirrordir duplicates device/special files and file/directory access times exactly."
But when I try to mirror from local HDD to FTP, the access time and modification time of the file has changed. I have tried the options --access-time and --restore-access, but with no effect.
Is this supposed to happen or is it a bug? If not, how does mirrordir preserve times?
Revision history for this message
| Jeremy Teale (jteale) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in mirrordir: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
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Thanks for reporting. Well, of course the atime will be different as you are accessing the files when you transfer the files from/to FTP. The mtime is dependent on the FTP server. I know of the MDTM ( I think ) FTP command but that only reads the mtime. I know of no FTP commands for setting mtime. So, I'm going to mark this invalid.