On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > The purpose of the Trash folder is to retain mail for seven days (by default) > before deleting it. If you change ctime to mtime, and delete a month-old > message, the message will be deleted immediately, instead of seven days later.
--- > > When atime is reset to the value before the file was backed up, ctime > > gets changed. > > Fix your backup software. It should not be messing around with files. I > back-up stuff daily, and atime stays put. I would submit that there are actually two ways to make this work (note, I didn't say fix): Fix (note I DID say fix here) the backup software. (remove -atime from cpio). Hack (note I didn't say fix) courier to touch the mtime when a file is deleted and use mtime for your deletions. This might have other unintended consequences (maybe even more than just fixing the backup software). I agree that backup software shouldn't be messing around with atime/mtime/ctime. Use dump instead of cpio or clones if on *nix if at all possible. - Forrest W. Christian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) AC7DE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Innovation Machine Ltd. P.O. Box 5749 http://www.imach.com/ Helena, MT 59604 Home of PacketFlux Technologies and BackupDNS.com (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect your personal freedoms - visit http://www.lp.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
