Re: [Bug-tar] bug in 'file has changed as we read it'

[Michal Svoboda]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> User processes can set the mtime after modifying the data (this is
> normal, for applications such as cp -p) so tar cannot trust the mtime
> here. 

Note that cp -p does modify mtime, yes, but to match the record of the
file which was copied from. It is highly unlikely that such a new mtime
would be equal to the old mtime to the millisecond.

Michal Svoboda