Re: [cobalt-users] Creation date.

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Sun, 12 Nov 2000, Ariel Manzur wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Is there any way to find out the date on wich a directory was created on a
> RaQ2? I tried a couple of options with 'ls', but I can only get the date of
> the last modification. I also tryed accesing the files using samba from my
> windows machine, and looking at the "propieties" of a file or directory,
> and the creation date is always the same as the 'last modification' date.
> Does the filesystem store the creation date??

No, and no other unix system does either, 'ctime' is not creation time,
it's 'changed time', it's set by actions that modify the inode that the
filename points to , and for a directory this is essentially changed
whenever the directory is modified...this applies to regular files also,
make a file, what you think is the creation date will change if you 'mv'
the file someplace else...

g
> 
> Thanks..
> 
> Ariel.
> 
> Ariel Manzur.
> http://www.freeweb.com.ar - http://www.fwa.com.ar
> Freeweb Argentina - Libertad para la informacion.
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