Re: [HTCondor-users] Dataflow job skips when executable is updated

[Todd L Miller <tlmiller@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> A point to keep in mind for implementation: input files could be
> symlinks, in which case I'd expect the logic to use the timestamp of
> their targets (like touch and make do), not that of the symlink.

	Good point.

> What if an input (or output) is a directory? Recurse over its contents
> (like Docker does, but unlike make) or only look at its timestamp?

	If HTCondor always touched the output directory when the job 
completed, I think we could always just check the directory's timestamp. 
For input, I think checking the whole directory would produce the least 
astonishment.

- ToddM