find -newer will have the same problem on FAT filesystems as cp -u: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2008-04/msg00027.html $ touch -d 11:11:11 y $ stat y Access: 2008-04-09 11:11:11.000000000 +0800 $ cp -a y /vfat $ umount /vfat; mount /vfat $ stat /vfat/y Modify: 2008-04-09 11:11:10.000000000 +0800 $ find y -newer ...
Just wanted to make a note of it and you might want to note it in the man page pending some future resolution of the issue.
