Another item that comes to mind is your /etc/syslog.conf (assuming that you have one) and other dynamicly read files. One would hope that the timers used to check this stuff actually use incrementals , not absolute time values - that is set a timer , count down to 0 when you reach 0 check file x and not check the clock every second and at 01:45:30Z01Jan2000 check the status of x. Otherwise when you set your time back, these dynamic files might not be read for some time B-}(
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On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 scw@seas.ucla.edu wrote:
Otherwise when you set your time back, these dynamic files might not be read for some time B-}(
I would assume that the time the file was last read in would be stored and then compared against the mod time of the file. In this case the file would be read quite frequently, or just the opposite of what you state.
Though, an appropriate touch on the files you acessed when the clock was at 2000 after you roll back the clock is not a bad idea.
Tom
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