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Old 08-12-2015
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Originally Posted by Don Cragun
If the timestamps have not been altered when data inside the file has changed, either
  • the filesystem is mounted with file time updates disabled,
  • something is scribbling on the raw disk on which the file system containing your files is mounted,
  • you have a filesystem where two or more systems think they are THE server for the filesystem mounted on that slice,
  • you have a hardware problem (disk, disk controller, memory, etc.), or
  • an OS filesystem bug.
With the data you have provided, I don't see how we can narrow that down much.
What would I need to provide to narrow down the possibilities? I am pretty sure the file time updates is enabled.
 
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