"mtime" attribute for the file in gfs2 filesystem is not getting updated after appending the file using ">>"

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Issue

  • After appending the contents to a file created in GFS2 filesystem, the mtime attribute associated with the file is not getting updated.

    [root@machine1]# ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Mar 28 19:16 test_file
[root@machine1]# date
Wed Mar 28 19:20:08 IST 2012
[root@machine1]# echo "12345" >> test_file
[root@machine1]# ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Mar 28 19:16 test_file
[root@machine1]#

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Cluster Suite

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