[boost] Re: [filesystem] Failures on FAT32

From: Stefan Slapeta (stefan_nospam__at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-08 17:38:15

Beman Dawes wrote:

[...]

> That was meant read:
> 
>         buf.actime = std::time(0)
> 

funny :)

> 
> Now, it may be a poor design to update actime to the current time. It 
> might be better to do a stat(), and get st_atime, and then use that. 
> Opinions?
> 

IMO the really poor design is that of ::utime which forces you to set 
both the access time and the write time in the same call;
I'm afraid you have no choice but to determine the actual access time 
before (as you suggested) :(

Stefan