Timestamps of a file on am NFSv4 volume are not updated when truncating an empty file

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • The timestamps of an empty destination file (/mnt/nfs/file) are not updated after overwriting it with another empty file using cp command.

    $ touch file
$ touch /mnt/nfs/file
$ stat /mnt/nfs/file   # Shows initial timestamps
$ cp file /mnt/nfs/file
$ stat /mnt/nfs/file   # Timestamps remain unchanged

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • NFSv4 Client

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