Re: [NEWBIE] Why aren't directory mtimes updated like other filesystems?

["Kevin P. Fleming" <kpfleming@xxxxxxx>]

Steve Lord wrote:
> Well, the code is there to do this, and, when I modify a directory it
> does change the times:
>
> jen{lord}: stat .
>   File: "."
>   Size: 4096            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   Directory
> Device: 804h/2052d      Inode: 131         Links: 28   
> Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (  858/    lord)   Gid: ( 1015/ network)
> Access: Thu Mar 13 14:08:25 2003
> Modify: Thu Mar 13 10:50:35 2003
> Change: Thu Mar 13 10:50:35 2003
>
> jen{lord}: touch foo
> jen{lord}:  stat .
>   File: "."
>   Size: 4096            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   Directory
> Device: 804h/2052d      Inode: 131         Links: 28   
> Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (  858/    lord)   Gid: ( 1015/ network)
> Access: Thu Mar 13 14:08:25 2003
> Modify: Thu Mar 13 14:10:28 2003
> Change: Thu Mar 13 14:10:28 2003
Strange, I try exactly the same commands and the ctime gets updated but the 
mtime does not. Are you running on 2.5?