file times and cp -u

[Cliff Hones]

> We're having a problem with 'cp -u'.  It would appear that when you copy a
> file in the manner the sub-second part of the files' timestamp gets zeroed
> out causing the file to be recopied on subsequent attempts.  Is this a bug
> in cp or is it intentional behaviour?

Are you copying to a FAT partition?  File timestamp granularity on
FAT is 2 seconds, so that would be expected behaviour.

-- Cliff


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