Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1a 12/4/83; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: cpio zaps mod times under 4.2bsd Message-ID: <1724@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Feb-84 01:14:48 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.1724 Posted: Sat Feb 18 01:14:48 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Feb-84 02:48:27 EST References: <244@whuxle.UUCP> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 10 Also note that this same bug (mod times getting set to 0 by programs which falsely assume that "st_atime" and "st_mtime" are adjacent) appears in the USG "pack"/"pcat"/"unpack" suite and USG "file" command. Furthermore, note that while the V7 manual explicitly gives the format of the "stat" structure, the S3 and later manuals only list a set of fields which are in the "stat" structure; I infer from this a warning that programs which depend explicitly on the layout of the "stat" structure are sinful. Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy