The
fake
directory
create
times option exists to keep PC
make programs sane. VFAT and NTFS filesystems record the creation date of a specific directory while Unix does not. Without this option, Samba takes the earliest recorded date it has for the directory (often the last-modified date of a file) and returns it to the client. If this is not sufficient, set the following option under a share definition:
[data]
fake directory create times = yes
If set, Samba will adjust the directory create time it reports to the hardcoded value January 1st, 1980. This is primarily used to convince the Visual C++
nmake program that any object files in its build directories are indeed younger than the creation date of the directory itself and need to be recompiled.
