The Windows stat() call treats things differently,
FROM: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/14h5k7ff%28v=vs.80%29.aspx
st_ctime
Time of creation of file. Valid on NTFS but not on FAT formatted disk
drives.
I don't think that Windows has a concept of a "change time" for meta data
(though that would be nice). How's that for compatibility ;)
NOTE: I am a C programmer and new to python, so can anyone comment
on what the st_ctime value is when os.stat() is called on Windows?
Kris
On 9/28/12 9:25 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Christian Heimes <christ...@python.org> wrote:
Am 28.09.2012 17:07, schrieb Chris Angelico:
In the future please read the manual before replying! ;) You are wrong,
ctime is *not* the creation time. It's the change time of the inode.
It's updated whenever the inode is modified, e.g. metadata modifications
like permission changes, link/unlink of hard links etc.
Whoops, my bad! Sorry. I was remembering some other APIs with similar
terminology.
Lesson: Check the docs, they're more reliable.
ChrisA
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