[geeks] [Winsucks-related] XP file timestamps vs. Linux file timestamps

[Dan Sikorski]

Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:

>I ask for the wisdom of the list:
>
>a customer has a Windows laptop, which talks to a Linux file server
>running Samba.  He uses a freeware Windows app (Tarylynn) which is a
>sort of "visual rsync" that lets him sync his home directory to the
>network file share he uses with the rest of his group.  He uses the
>sync app in both directions.
>
>When Daylight Savings Time kicks in, the file timestamps on Windows,
>OR on Linux, appear to change, which makes the sync application think
>that "all the files have changed and are now 1 hour older than the
>current copy of the file on the laptop" .  Of course, this behavior
>will happen, again, in reverse, in another 6 months...
>
>Has anyone else bumped into this before?  If I use the cygwin rsync,
>can I expect the behavior to be more sane?
>  
>
Is there a reason why you're not using the built-in windows offline file 
syncronization functionality?

    -Dan Sikorski