Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:39:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Rong-en Fan <rafan@infor.org> Cc: fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS incorrectly update atime Message-ID: <20030925093901.H8717@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20030925122004.B867452EFF@muse.csie.ntu.edu.tw> References: <20030925122004.B867452EFF@muse.csie.ntu.edu.tw>
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Rong-en Fan wrote: > My application is NFS mail spool, so atime is important to me. > I've tested it on Linux client, it's atime not updated in this case. > So, I don't know if we can fix this or any workaround? This is an exceptionally bad idea, unless your application knows it is talking to NFS. There is no locking and sendmail, etc. expect to be able to use file locking to protect queue files from itself. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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