Re: barbut anyone?
Martin D Kealey <[email protected]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:45:51 +1300 (NZDT)
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I said: > > If the "mtime" is older than the "ctime" on a file, my "lsx" puts a "*" next On Wed, 16 Nov 2011, Steve Holdoway wrote: > To the best of my knowledge linux doesn't save the file creation time. > There's the last mod time of the inode, but that's not the same thing... I didn't say creation time, I said ctime; in the manual that is described as the inode CHANGE time. It records the last time a change is made to the inode metadata, rather than to the content (which is recorded by the mtime). In particular, the ctime is set to the current time when the "utime" system call is used to change the atime and/or mtime values. (It's also set-to-current if links are added or removed or renamed, or if ownership or permissions change, or on the root directory of a filesystem when it's mounted or unmounted (although that's version-dependent).) -Martin _______________________________________________ NZLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug