Ruslan Ermilov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > | -C        Copy the file.  If the target file already exists and the files
> > |   are the same, then don't change the modification time of the tar-
> > |   get.
> > This is ambiguos. Does that mean the file isn't copied at all, or 
> > is it copied with the mtime preserved (and thus changes the ctime)?
> There used to be a bug.  It is fixed in 5.0-CURRENT:
> : -C   Copy the file.  If the target file already exists and the files
> :      are the same, then don't change the modification time of the tar-
> :      get.  If the target's file flags and mode need not to be changed,
> :      the target's inode change time is also unchanged.
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's still a bug.  If the files match, nothing is copied.  RTFS.

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Dag-Erling Sm�rgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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