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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/fakedirectorycreatetimes.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/fakedirectorycreatetimes.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f0a0d39230 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/fakedirectorycreatetimes.xml @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +<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>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> |