Index: vtkExodusIIReader.cxx
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RCS file: /cvsroot/ParaView3/ParaView3/VTK/Hybrid/vtkExodusIIReader.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.13 vtkExodusIIReader.cxx
--- vtkExodusIIReader.cxx	17 Apr 2007 16:15:19 -0000	1.13
+++ vtkExodusIIReader.cxx	24 Apr 2007 18:24:26 -0000
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@
     Map=2,           //!< The array has a corresponding entry in MapInfo
     Generated=3      //!< The array is procedurally generated (e.g., BlockId)
   };
+  
+  /// the time stamp for reading information
+  vtkTimeStamp InformationTimeStamp;
 
   friend class vtkExodusIIReader;
 
@@ -3195,7 +3198,7 @@
   char tmpName[256];
   tmpName[255] = '\0';
 
-  this->Modified(); // Update MTime so that it will be newer than parent's FileNameMTime
+  this->InformationTimeStamp.Modified(); // Update MTime so that it will be newer than parent's FileNameMTime
 
   VTK_EXO_FUNC( ex_get_init_ext( exoid, &this->ModelParameters ),
     "Unable to read database parameters." );
@@ -4163,7 +4166,8 @@
 
 unsigned long vtkExodusIIReader::GetMetadataMTime()
 {
-  return this->Metadata->GetMTime();
+  return this->Metadata->InformationTimeStamp < this->Metadata->GetMTime() ?
+    this->Metadata->InformationTimeStamp : this->Metadata->GetMTime();
 }
 
 #define vtkSetStringMacroBody(propName,fname) \
@@ -4216,7 +4220,7 @@
   vtkInformation* outInfo = outputVector->GetInformationObject(0);
 
   // If the metadata is older than the filename
-  if ( this->Metadata->GetMTime() < this->FileNameMTime )
+  if ( this->GetMetadataMTime() < this->FileNameMTime )
     {
     if ( this->Metadata->OpenFile( this->FileName ) )
       {