Re: keeping mtimes in sync

[rader]

Er, your example shows maintence of *source* mtimes--not destination
mtimes?  Is there a way to keep destination mtimes in sync?

 $ cat cftest
 #!/usr/sbin/cfagent -qIKf
 control: actionsequence = ( copy )
 copy: /tmp/a dest=/tmp/b  type=mtime
 $ cp /etc/motd /tmp/a
 $ touch -d 01/01/70 /tmp/a
 $ ./cftest
 cfengine:: Copying from localhost:/tmp/a
 cfengine:: Object /tmp/b had permission 600, changed it to 644
 $ touch /tmp/b
 $ ./cftest  # HERE would like cfengine to change /tmp/b's to mtime 01/01/70
 $ ls -l /tmp/a /tmp/b
 -rw-r--r--    1 rader    rader          83 Jan  1  1970 /tmp/a
 -rw-r--r--    1 rader    rader          83 Mar 11 04:27 /tmp/b

steve 
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systems & network guy
high energy physics
university of wisconsin

 > ---- Original Message ----
 > From: Brendan Strejcek
 > rader@ginseng.hep.wisc.edu wrote:
 > 
 > > I want to make sure destination mtimes are in sync with my masterfiles.
 > 
 > Locking problem maybe? Note the -K in my example.
 > 
 > $ cat test.cf
 > #!/usr/sbin/cfagent -qIKf
 > control: actionsequence = ( copy )
 > copy: /tmp/a dest=/tmp/b type=mtime
 > $ cp /etc/passwd /tmp/a
 > $ ./test.cf 
 > cfengine:: Copying from localhost:/tmp/a
 > cfengine:: Object /tmp/b had permission 600, changed it to 644
 > $ ./test.cf 
 > $ touch /tmp/a
 > $ ./test.cf 
 > cfengine:: Update of image /tmp/b from master /tmp/a on localhost
 > cfengine:: Object /tmp/b had permission 600, changed it to 644
 > $ 
 > 
 > That's all I can come up with... btw timestamps=preserve is default.