Re: Strange copying

[Roger Harrysson]

Thanks Frank, and thanks Mark,

Eveything is clear now. The nightly backup changes the ctime. Since my 
cfengine configuration is using the ctime instead of
mtime I don't see the reason for the copy with a simple ls -l.

Again, many thanks,
Roger Harrysson



Frank Ranner wrote:

> Roger Harrysson wrote:
>
> > I use cfenigne from cron. It runs every 30 minutes and works fine.
> > Mostly I  copy files from the server if they have chenged on the 
> > cfengine server.
> > However, everytime a change a file on the server I get the copy done 
> > twice!
> > One time correct (at most 30 minutes after the change), but also one 
> > time at 01:30 in the morning.
> >
> > Why this second copy when the file already is in place?
> >
> > Can I stop this misbehavour?
> >
> > The problem is that when I change a file on the client there should 
> > be no copy from the server, but there is.
> > AT 01:30 IN THE NIGHT! When noone is around to fix the problem.
> >
> > We have currently taken away cfengine from all our servers, since we 
> > can not live with this risk.
> > Sad for such a good software.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Roger Harrysson
>
> Use mtime on your copies. The default is ctime which will clash with 
> backups (which you are presumably running around 1am?) The problem 
> with backups is that they change atime because the must open and read 
> the file. Then they reset atime back to it's original value, which 
> changes ctime! Thus triggering a pointless copy next time cfagent runs.
>
> Been there, done that, got the t-shirt!
>
> regard,
> Frank Ranner
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