Re: FileSystem Problem

From: David Lowndes (davidl_at_example.invalid)
Date: 04/20/04


Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 01:02:14 +0100


>So, is this behavior normal, that the "Last Write Time" property does not
>have to be always updated upon file modification, or is this just a bug?

Since the timestamps are alterable programmatically, an application
can do whatever it wants to with the timestamp.

There is also a file system feature that can give rise to some
apparent strange effect, see PSS article ID 172190 "Windows NT
Contains File System Tunneling Capabilities".

Dave

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