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RE: Why does ls report some directory dates as future?


--- Andrej Borsenkow <Andrej.Borsenkow@mow.siemens.ru> wrote:
> >
> > The only comment is that all directories with wrong time are mount
> > points, and
> > they point to the FAT drives (root directory of FAT drives to be precise).
> I
> > cannot reproduce it with the same snapshot under Win2k with NTFS. If I
> mount
> > d: on /dosd I get correct time. That agrees with your output where
> > NTFS drives
> > do not have this problem.
> >
> > So, it smells like Cygwin bug.
> >
> 
> OTOH does root of FAT drive have any associated time at all? Probably, not.

This is definately a Cygwin bug.  And it does happen to me on my FAT drive. 
This is totally reproducable.  Good observation Andrej.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com

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