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question about copy
From: |
Michael Coffman |
Subject: |
question about copy |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:07:12 -0600 (MDT) |
I am confused about how copy should work. Here is the section I am testing
copy:
${masterfiles}/foo
dest=${testdir}/foo
type=mtime
mode=0444
If I change the file ${masterfiles}/foo, the dest file is overwritten with
the master copy. If I modify the ${testdir}/foo file, nothing happens,
I was under the impression from the docs that if there was a difference between
the files, the dest copy would be updated with the master-file.
In the reference manual under the type section it says:
"An 'mtime' comparison does not take into account changes of file permissions,
only modifications to the contents of the files"
What does this mean?
-MichaelC
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