On Monday 17 January 2005 17:45, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 12:44:01PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Monday 17 January 2005 11:09, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>
>...
>
>> >The final item is to report back your success to the list.  I'd
>> > like to use JS's star as it has the ability on Solaris, to not
>> > change the atime or the ctime during backup.
>>
>> atime at least seems to be covered in the new tar-1.15-1 Jon, here
>> is the --help screen: ------------------------
>> [root@coyote root]# tar --help
>> Usage: tar [OPTION...] [FILE]...
>> GNU `tar' saves many files together into a single tape or disk
>> archive, and can restore individual files from the archive.
>
>...
>
>>  Handling of file attributes:
>>
>>       --atime-preserve       don't change access times on dumped
>> files
>
>That option has been there for a long time.  However, if you use it
>then the ctime gets changed.  That is a normal OS feature of
> unix-like systems.  Dump programs, as they do not work through the
> file system, don't affect either atime nor ctime.  It would be nice
> if backups with tar could to that also.
>
>Shilly found an obscure ioctl that was added to Solaris to support
>some Sun product.  It allows the resetting of atime without
> affecting ctime.  It is not guarenteed to remain in Solaris, but
> has been there for over 10 years.  That is the Solaris-specific
> capability of star to which I referred.

I see.  And how old is it over your way?  Its in the teens here.  I 
lasted just long enough in the shop to sharpen some drill bits for 
the electrician next door.  Big 2 & 9/16" forstner stuffs.  Still 
thawing my feet...  Damned sugar.

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