Mtime is the time when the file's inode was modified. The file system sees that the copy is a new inode so mtime is updated.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:44 PM, David L. Willson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DLWillson@thegeek.nu">DLWillson@thegeek.nu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Why is that when I copy a file from one place to another, the mtime updates? I've noticed it in bash with cp and just now in Rhythmbox, copying some stuph to my iAudio U3. I'm not modifying, I'm copying, and an important piece of meta-data is getting destroyed by default. Does anyone know what the rationale for this behavior might be?<br>
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