From 058f6c0459263a4ec5b4e030ccba1bcb05c8f8a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Bokovoy Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:46:16 +0000 Subject: Final bits of smb.conf(5) are converted! (This used to be commit fac3d67f71057d880e51cf8e103edf0c9b71cae9) --- .../smbdotconf/misc/fakedirectorycreatetimes.xml | 58 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/fakedirectorycreatetimes.xml') diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/fakedirectorycreatetimes.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/fakedirectorycreatetimes.xml index 81773606ee..f0a0d39230 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/fakedirectorycreatetimes.xml +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/fakedirectorycreatetimes.xml @@ -1,31 +1,33 @@ - - fake directory create times (S) - 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. + + + 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. - 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. + 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. - 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. + 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. - Default: fake directory create times = no - - + Default: fake directory create times = no + + -- cgit