| 1 | <samba:parameter name="fake directory create times"
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| 2 | context="S"
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| 3 | type="boolean"
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| 4 | xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
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| 5 | <description>
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| 6 | <para>NTFS and Windows VFAT file systems keep a create
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| 7 | time for all files and directories. This is not the same as the
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| 8 | ctime - status change time - that Unix keeps, so Samba by default
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| 9 | reports the earliest of the various times Unix does keep. Setting
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| 10 | this parameter for a share causes Samba to always report midnight
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| 11 | 1-1-1980 as the create time for directories.</para>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para>This option is mainly used as a compatibility option for
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| 14 | Visual C++ when used against Samba shares. Visual C++ generated
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| 15 | makefiles have the object directory as a dependency for each object
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| 16 | file, and a make rule to create the directory. Also, when NMAKE
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| 17 | compares timestamps it uses the creation time when examining a
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| 18 | directory. Thus the object directory will be created if it does not
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| 19 | exist, but once it does exist it will always have an earlier
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| 20 | timestamp than the object files it contains.</para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <para>However, Unix time semantics mean that the create time
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| 23 | reported by Samba will be updated whenever a file is created or
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| 24 | or deleted in the directory. NMAKE finds all object files in
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| 25 | the object directory. The timestamp of the last one built is then
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| 26 | compared to the timestamp of the object directory. If the
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| 27 | directory's timestamp if newer, then all object files
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| 28 | will be rebuilt. Enabling this option
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| 29 | ensures directories always predate their contents and an NMAKE build
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| 30 | will proceed as expected.</para>
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| 31 | </description>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <value type="default">no</value>
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| 34 | </samba:parameter>
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