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Number   :  4852
Date     :  2003-06-17
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: XXCOPY16 and Directory Cloning
Size(KB) :  1



Dale wrote:
> I've done some more experimenting and no matter what I do,
> I cannot get the directories to retain their original
> creation timestamps after I copy files into them.
> I did not try Win98 as Kan mentioned that it would not
> likely work.

I believe the problem is at the "destination base directory"
rather than the subdirectories underneath.

If so, it is the design feature rather than a bug.
When we first designed XXCOPY, we had a choice and
we made the decision that the "top-most" destination
directory is considered as a newly created directory
in the destination volume rather than something
we copy from somewhere else. The logic is simply this:

xxcopy c:\srcname\ d:\destname\

When you give a different name to the different
directory, it can be viewed as a brand new directory
which has nothing to do with the source except the
contents of the destination directory are clearly
copies from the source. We chose to look at the
situation from this angle even if you give the
destination name identical to that of the source.

This decision we made a long time ago is apparently
not what most users expect as the most logical
(or, intuitive) behavior. But, that's how XXCOPY
has been behaving (including the inheritance of
the SFN, security info, etc.). Because the change
is not just the time stamp, we decided to implement
the changes in the next big release.

We've been doing ad-hoc adjustments to this issue
in piecemeal fashion.

Kan Yabumoto.



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