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Re: cp -u vs. vfat's TWO seconds
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: cp -u vs. vfat's TWO seconds |
Date: |
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:23:00 +0200 |
address@hidden wrote:
> JM> It'd be great if you would suggest wording to document this discrepancy.
>
> The wording is fine as is.
> The problem is that you don't act according to your wording.
>
> You think "truncate fractional seconds, using one-second buckets to compare",
> whereas you need to use two-second buckets to compare if detected FAT,
> I suppose.
It's always simple in principle...
There are two ways to address the discrepancy:
- change code (probably impossible to do non-invasively and
efficiently enough to satisfy me). Evidence to the contrary
would be welcome, of course.
- document a subtle limitation encountered when using a losing file system
Guess which one I choose? ;-)