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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/dosfiletimeresolution.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/dosfiletimeresolution.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..600294d442 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/dosfiletimeresolution.xml @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +<samba:parameter name="dos filetime resolution" + context="S" + xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> +<listitem> + <para>Under the DOS and Windows FAT filesystem, the finest + granularity on time resolution is two seconds. Setting this parameter + for a share causes Samba to round the reported time down to the + nearest two second boundary when a query call that requires one second + resolution is made to <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + + <para>This option is mainly used as a compatibility option for Visual + C++ when used against Samba shares. If oplocks are enabled on a + share, Visual C++ uses two different time reading calls to check if a + file has changed since it was last read. One of these calls uses a + one-second granularity, the other uses a two second granularity. As + the two second call rounds any odd second down, then if the file has a + timestamp of an odd number of seconds then the two timestamps will not + match and Visual C++ will keep reporting the file has changed. Setting + this option causes the two timestamps to match, and Visual C++ is + happy.</para> + + <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">dos filetime resolution = no</command></para> +</listitem> +</samba:parameter> |