Bugs item #1165252, was opened at 2005-03-17 15:10 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by drieseng You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=402868&aid=1165252&group_id=31650
Category: Tasks Group: 0.85 Status: Open >Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Scott Winslow (swinslow) Assigned to: Gert Driesen (drieseng) Summary: copy task using created instead of modified date Initial Comment: <copy> is overwriting newer files with older files because it checks age based on created date rather than modified date. I'm pretty sure that it should be modified date, otherwise simply relocating a file prior to the copy task will make the file look newer than it really is. As an example: if you create a file, copy it elsewhere and then go back and modify the original, copy would not overwrite the previously copied file with the more recently modified one. Considering that the <touch> task is touching the modified date, I think that <copy>'s use of the created date is a bug rather than the intended behaviour. File in directory: Created: Monday, March 14, 2005, 7:31:44 PM Modified: Monday, March 14, 2005, 7:31:35 PM Accessed: Today, March 16, 2005, 11:12:36 AM File overwriting it: Created: Today, March 16, 2005, 11:23:44 AM Modified: Monday, March 07, 2005, 12:16:11 PM Accessed: Today, March 16, 2005, 11:23:44 AM NAnt 0.85 (Build 0.85.1793.0; rc1; 11/28/2004) Framework version 1.1.4322 OS Version: Win2000 Server 5.00.2195 SP4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Gert Driesen (drieseng) Date: 2005-04-07 22:29 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=707851 I also get the correct results with the build file you attached, but I now the cause for the results you're seeing. I've fixed it locally, but still need to produce unit tests for it before I commit it to cvs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Scott Winslow (swinslow) Date: 2005-03-21 17:22 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=86359 You're test file worked fine, but I've attached one that shows what I was seeing. Sorry for not giving more info the first time around: I'm copying multiple project outputs into a single directory, and there is overlap because one of these projects is a collection of "foundation" DLLs we use in all other projects. I want to make sure I get the most recently compiled of each DLL without having to know the order the projects were most recently built in. Based on <copy>'s documentation, it looked like running it with flatten="true" was going to do exactly what I wanted. Whether it's due to the flatten operation or something to do with the file names matching, it doesn't seem to be acting right in my scenario. I did a quick peek at the source, and where I looked it was using the modified date, so I'm rather confused as well... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Gert Driesen (drieseng) Date: 2005-03-18 18:34 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=707851 Scott, We're definitely using the last write time (modified date) to check whether a certain is up-to-date. I've attached a build file that I used to try to reproduce this issue. Let me know if you get the same results using that build file. Gert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=402868&aid=1165252&group_id=31650 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ nant-developers mailing list nant-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-developers
