FTP Changing File Modification Times

[Joe Redman]

Has anyone had problems with an FTP process changing the modification times on a directory??

This is an intermittent problem and it is not happening on purpose (e.g. user is not changing the time on purpose).

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Joe

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Joe:

Any addition and/or deletion of files to a directory will be reflected in the modification timestamp of the directory. A file could be added and then deleted during the session causig this observation.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Joe Redman]

Hi James.

Not that kind of modification.

I have had it revert from (say) today to May 14th as an example. Not just modification due to file creation.

Users push files to one directory on a continuous basis and all of a sudden one will blow the date out.

Thanks,
Joe

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again) Joe:

That sounds as if someone is 'touch'ing the direcory to deliberately reset its modification time ('touch -mt 05140800').

Regards!

...JRF...