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authorAlexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>2003-04-15 11:46:16 +0000
committerAlexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>2003-04-15 11:46:16 +0000
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-<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
- <term><anchor id="FAKEDIRECTORYCREATETIMES"/>fake directory create times (S)</term>
- <listitem><para>NTFS and Windows VFAT file systems keep a create
- time for all files and directories. This is not the same as the
- ctime - status change time - that Unix keeps, so Samba by default
- reports the earliest of the various times Unix does keep. Setting
- this parameter for a share causes Samba to always report midnight
- 1-1-1980 as the create time for directories.</para>
+<samba:parameter name="fake directory create times"
+ context="S"
+ xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+<listitem>
+ <para>NTFS and Windows VFAT file systems keep a create
+ time for all files and directories. This is not the same as the
+ ctime - status change time - that Unix keeps, so Samba by default
+ reports the earliest of the various times Unix does keep. Setting
+ this parameter for a share causes Samba to always report midnight
+ 1-1-1980 as the create time for directories.</para>
- <para>This option is mainly used as a compatibility option for
- Visual C++ when used against Samba shares. Visual C++ generated
- makefiles have the object directory as a dependency for each object
- file, and a make rule to create the directory. Also, when NMAKE
- compares timestamps it uses the creation time when examining a
- directory. Thus the object directory will be created if it does not
- exist, but once it does exist it will always have an earlier
- timestamp than the object files it contains.</para>
+ <para>This option is mainly used as a compatibility option for
+ Visual C++ when used against Samba shares. Visual C++ generated
+ makefiles have the object directory as a dependency for each object
+ file, and a make rule to create the directory. Also, when NMAKE
+ compares timestamps it uses the creation time when examining a
+ directory. Thus the object directory will be created if it does not
+ exist, but once it does exist it will always have an earlier
+ timestamp than the object files it contains.</para>
- <para>However, Unix time semantics mean that the create time
- reported by Samba will be updated whenever a file is created or
- or deleted in the directory. NMAKE finds all object files in
- the object directory. The timestamp of the last one built is then
- compared to the timestamp of the object directory. If the
- directory's timestamp if newer, then all object files
- will be rebuilt. Enabling this option
- ensures directories always predate their contents and an NMAKE build
- will proceed as expected.</para>
+ <para>However, Unix time semantics mean that the create time
+ reported by Samba will be updated whenever a file is created or
+ or deleted in the directory. NMAKE finds all object files in
+ the object directory. The timestamp of the last one built is then
+ compared to the timestamp of the object directory. If the
+ directory's timestamp if newer, then all object files
+ will be rebuilt. Enabling this option
+ ensures directories always predate their contents and an NMAKE build
+ will proceed as expected.</para>
- <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">fake directory create times = no</command></para>
- </listitem>
- </samba:parameter>
+ <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">fake directory create times = no</command></para>
+</listitem>
+</samba:parameter>