Hi everyone, I wonder if someone could clear up an issue I'm having with ls -c (sorting files by ctime). As I understand it, the ctime is only updated when file status information (such as permissions) changes, or a file is completely recreated. It looks to me though, like the ctime is being updated every time the contents of a file change.
If I do this, for example (in an empty directory): echo "First file" > file1 (wait a few seconds) echo "Second file" > file2 (wait a few seconds) echo "Third file" > file3 and then type ls -c, I will get the output: file3 file2 file1 which is what I'd expect. If I then type: echo "Another line" >> file1 then I'd expect the output from ls -c to remain in the same order, because the only change has been to the file content. However, the output I actually get is: file1 file3 file2 ls -lc shows that file1 does have the most recent ctime, but if I've understood what the ctime means correctly, then it shouldn't have. I know this is a very simple example, but understanding what's going on here is very important for some work I'm doing at the moment. I'm using Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), and version 1.5.14 of cygwin1.dll. I'm using an NTFS file system. Any advice will be much appreciated. Regards, Tom :.________________ CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
