[comp.unix.sysv386] NFS Make Problem - File Times not Correct

willr@ntpdvp1.UUCP (Will Raymond) (09/07/90)

Hello,

	We are in the process from moving from ATT RFS to ISC NFS and have hit
	as not so inconsiderable snag.  RFS makes all the filesystems appear
	as a homogeneous whole.  As part of this, it ( tries ) to sync the
	times on various boxes.  Usually the times are close enough that if
	you "make" a file on a remote file system the mod. times are synched
	to the local boxes time.

	In NFS , things appear differently.  NFS isn't concerned with keeping 
	the boxes times in sync.  A file recently modified on a remote file
	system might seem old, and make will say "nothings been changed".

	Has anybody else out there had to deal with this problem?  Any quick
	hacks around it?

	Thanks for your help.

	Will

tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) (09/11/90)

In article <629@ntpdvp1.UUCP> willr@ntpdvp1.UUCP (Will Raymond) writes:
>	We are in the process from moving from ATT RFS to ISC NFS and have hit
>	as not so inconsiderable snag.  

You mean besides the basic snag of moving to a lousier network, right?

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