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Old 05-31-2005
File update date
I am facing a peculiar problem with file update dates. In my network, if i telnet to machine A and check the files in dir test of machine A, the dates for the last update shown are true dates and upto date. If the same folder is checked through some other machine by sharing the test folder and mounting it on other machine, then the date shown for the files is previous day. It is not just with date, the time is also incorrect. Can somebody help me understand why it is so and how can i solve it.
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amne
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Old 05-31-2005
It might be possible that files are cached on the remote machine and latest copy of those files are not available on that system. Just check the cache options.
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Old 05-31-2005
first check that the dates on all the servers in question are the same ... it is likely that there is a big difference in the time ... if they are in sync, check for local copies of the files with the funky dates on the remote box after you verify that you're actually looking at the same filesystem that you exported from the test box ...
 
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