Ntfs-3g updates the times the same way as other file systems. ext3: # stat test1 File: `test1' Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 regular empty file Device: 805h/2053d Inode: 2275396 Links: 1 Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--) Uid: ( 1004/ szaka) Gid: ( 100/ users) Access: 2007-11-01 16:41:52.000000000 +0200 Modify: 2007-11-01 16:41:52.000000000 +0200 Change: 2007-11-01 16:41:52.000000000 +0200
# /bin/cp -p test1 test2 # stat test2 File: `test2' Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 regular empty file Device: 805h/2053d Inode: 3023826 Links: 1 Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--) Uid: ( 1004/ szaka) Gid: ( 100/ users) Access: 2007-11-01 16:41:52.000000000 +0200 Modify: 2007-11-01 16:41:52.000000000 +0200 Change: 2007-11-01 16:42:05.000000000 +0200 ntfs-3g: # stat test1 File: `test1' Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 regular empty file Device: 806h/2054d Inode: 60 Links: 1 Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2007-11-01 16:41:01.000000000 +0200 Modify: 2007-11-01 16:41:01.000000000 +0200 Change: 2007-11-01 16:41:01.000000000 +0200 # /bin/cp -p test1 test2 # stat test2 File: `test2' Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 regular empty file Device: 806h/2054d Inode: 61 Links: 1 Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2007-11-01 16:41:01.000000000 +0200 Modify: 2007-11-01 16:41:01.000000000 +0200 Change: 2007-11-01 16:41:15.000000000 +0200 In both cases the modification time is unchanged and the change time is the last inode modification time as the Single Unix Specification requires. -- Copyng a file to a NTFS drive change the date and the time of the file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157396 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs