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diff --git a/doc/man/scons.1 b/doc/man/scons.1 index a0f4089..52655bf 100644 --- a/doc/man/scons.1 +++ b/doc/man/scons.1 @@ -739,10 +739,15 @@ Ignored for compatibility with non-GNU versions of .RI --max-drift= SECONDS Set the maximum expected drift in the modification time of files to .IR SECONDS . -This value determines how old a file must be before its content signature -is cached. The default value is 2 days, which means a file must have a -modification time of at least two days ago in order to have its content -signature cached. A negative value means to never cache the content +This value determines how long a file must be unmodified +before its cached content signature +will be used instead of +calculating a new content signature (MD5 checksum) +of the file's contents. +The default value is 2 days, which means a file must have a +modification time of at least two days ago in order to have its +cached content signature used. +A negative value means to never cache the content signature and to ignore the cached value if there already is one. A value of 0 means to always cache the signature, no matter how old the file is. |