# HG changeset patch
# User Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
# Date 1251381041 0
# Node ID 09a9c0ad9b90e1927f77d4f09664731fc51ccae8
# Parent  67bdc8713158d4894fa41b03a4b052f9edf8d692
* net/tramp-cache.el (top): Autoload `tramp-time-less-p'.
(tramp-cache-inhibit-cache): Extend doc string.  It allows also
timestamps.
(tramp-get-file-property): Check for timestamps in
`tramp-cache-inhibit-cache'.
(tramp-set-file-property): Write timestamp.

diff -r 67bdc8713158 -r 09a9c0ad9b90 lisp/net/tramp-cache.el
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-cache.el	Thu Aug 27 13:47:55 2009 +0000
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-cache.el	Thu Aug 27 13:50:41 2009 +0000
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
   (autoload 'tramp-file-name-host "tramp")
   (autoload 'tramp-file-name-localname "tramp")
   (autoload 'tramp-run-real-handler "tramp")
+  (autoload 'tramp-time-less-p "tramp")
   (autoload 'time-stamp-string "time-stamp"))
 
 ;;; -- Cache --
@@ -70,7 +71,11 @@
   "Hash table for remote files properties.")
 
 (defvar tramp-cache-inhibit-cache nil
-  "Inhibit cache read access, when non-nil.")
+  "Inhibit cache read access, when `t'.
+`nil' means to accept cache entries unconditionally.  If the
+value is a timestamp (as returned by `current-time'), cache
+entries are not used when they have been written before this
+time.")
 
 (defcustom tramp-persistency-file-name
   (cond
@@ -106,9 +111,21 @@
   (let* ((hash (or (gethash vec tramp-cache-data)
 		   (puthash vec (make-hash-table :test 'equal)
 			    tramp-cache-data)))
-	 (value (if (and (null tramp-cache-inhibit-cache) (hash-table-p hash))
-		    (gethash property hash default)
-		  default)))
+	 (value (when (hash-table-p hash) (gethash property hash))))
+    (if
+	;; We take the value only if there is any, and
+	;; `tramp-cache-inhibit-cache' indicates that it is still
+	;; valid.  Otherwise, DEFAULT is set.
+	(and (consp value)
+	     (or (null tramp-cache-inhibit-cache)
+		 (and (consp tramp-cache-inhibit-cache)
+		      (tramp-time-less-p
+		       tramp-cache-inhibit-cache (car value)))))
+	(setq value (cdr value))
+      (setq value default))
+
+    (if (consp tramp-cache-inhibit-cache)
+	(tramp-message vec 1 "%s %s %s" file property value))
     (tramp-message vec 8 "%s %s %s" file property value)
     value))
 
@@ -121,7 +138,8 @@
   (let ((hash (or (gethash vec tramp-cache-data)
 		  (puthash vec (make-hash-table :test 'equal)
 			   tramp-cache-data))))
-    (puthash property value hash)
+    ;; We put the timestamp there.
+    (puthash property (cons (current-time) value) hash)
     (tramp-message vec 8 "%s %s %s" file property value)
     value))