--On Monday, August 23, 2004 8:19 AM -0400 Michael McKoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This has nothing to do with STEAM, really.. Your operating system > keeps 'modified dates' for all files in the file system. When STEAM > downloads and updates a file, the OS stores the new modified date. > This isn't a 'STEAM feature' so much as a standard OS/file system feature. A server administrator using this kind of software for updates would typically check the last modification time in order to get to know the last date and time of update, as well as which files were being updated. If a server would have to apply multiple updates at once (for example, a new hlds_linux installation), one could think all updates and files are very recent while in fact they are not, and modification timestamps are messed up. In addition, when applying incremental backup and not preserving the original (server's) modification time, your backups wouldn't be incremental at all! Kind regards, kanarip _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
