>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. >You misunderstand ctime, as specified by POSIX. See >http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap04.html, >section 4.7, and >various other places within POSIX. ctime is required to reflect any change to a file's metadata _or contents_. Also, while mtime can be >arbitrarily changed (think utimes()), ctime is supposed to be an accurate side effect of file modification that cannot be spoofed. OK, thanks for the advice. Do you know if there is any way I can get the information I was expecting. If not, I'll have to make some major changes to some complicated shell scripts :( >> >> :.________________ >> 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. >Disclaimers like this to a public mailing list are not wise; some people refuse to respond to messages with such a disclaimer. Oops, my bad. >-- >Eric Blake -- 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/
