On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:23:50 +1300 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, something I've noticed a few times in the past, and don't understand. > Here's an example... > > I have just copied some log files into a folder with kbear via konqueror to > an smb path. I don't understand this bit - by "smb path" do you mean a share on a windows computer? I though kbear was a ftp client - or does it play with smb shares too? perhaps this is a time translation issue - was it maybe 3.00 am GMT when you moved the files? probably not actually, but the clock could be set wrong on one or both of the systems. > When I then sort the destination folder by date modified (in > konqueror) , I see that all the files that were there previously were > modified last friday at the same time (7/10/2004 12:30) and the files just > copied there were modified today (11/10/2004 03:00) (no, I didn't start work > at 3 this morning!). It would appear on the surface I'm being lied to, > though am sure this is just highlighting a lack of understanding on my part. > Actually the files in that folder should show a file for each day for the > last x months, and this is what is shown viewing the folder contents from a > windows box. > > Can anyone explain to me what is going on here? It's not about the use of > kbear itself, as I've seen this when copying files between locations using > other methods. > > Roger > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes, kbear is an ftp client, I was trying to maximise my "linux time" to get log files from our isp and put on a windows machine, the only way I could do that was to copy them from kbear and paste into the windows share. (so yes to that question, by smb path I ought to have more clearly said "windows share"). The time on all machines (and time zones) is correct. Presumably so is that of the isp server. The date modified view from a windows machine correctly shows one file per day (as it always has). Simultaneously the view from konqueror is as I've noted above. I'm now looking at several other folders on windows shares from konqueror, they all seem to have a date modified of either last friday or today. I can't quite determine what the connection between them is - it seems that file types differ by the TIME they are modified, ie all html files are 1:36, all doc files at 2:17. Files on the local machine don't help clarify what's going on either. It appears that often folder modified dates are actually created dates, but not always. Very strange...
