On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 09:10 -0500, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > When we used -p , it means preserve time-stamp, so how ‘dst’ is > > typically slightly older than ‘src’ ? > > It's a misfeature of (some versions of) `cp': it preserves the time > stamp only to the seconds resolution, and discards the milliseconds > part. So if the original file was time-stamped 10:25:32.890, the > copied file will have the time-stamp of 10:25:32, which is 890 > milliseconds older.
Also note that not all filesystems support sub-second timestamps. Especially older filesystems don't. One common example is NFS. If your filesystem doesn't you won't be need (or be able to see) the effects of .LOW_RESOLUTION_TIME. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[email protected]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.mad-scientist.net "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
