On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 00:54:24 -0500 "Jonathan A. Irwin" <jnthn_gmane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For "real" moves, only the ctime is changed, and AFAIK there's > > nothing practical that can be done about that. > > Yes... I do expect ctime to change. However, mtime changing when > files are moved is, IMO, a Bad Thing. > > > Now that you mention it, I realise that when moving between > > partitions, between filesystems etc (where it must fall back to a > > copying process), > > Aha! That's maybe why I never noticed it before. The files that first > caught my eye on this were indeed moved from one partition to another. > > > the mtime and atime would not be preserved. I can readily fix that. > > Would be much appreciated. Thanks, Tom. Now in svn. Preservation of times on symlinks (as opposed to their targets) seems to be impossible. Regards Tom -- Users can unsubscribe from the list by sending email to emelfm2-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field or by logging into the web interface.