Paul Eggert wrote:
> This misfeature is by design. It's called "file system tunneling". See, for
> example:
>
> http://dfstream.blogspot.com/2012/02/file-system-tunneling-in-windows.html
Thanks. It's worth extending the comment:
2017-05-14 Bruno Haible
stat-time tests: Improve comm
Bruno Haible wrote:
Strangely enough, when you create a file, delete it, create it again (with the
same name), then the st_ctime field will contain the time of the first creation.
This misfeature is by design. It's called "file system tunneling". See, for
example:
http://dfstream.blogspot.com
On native Windows, the 'test-stat-time' test works fine the first time I run it,
but fails in subsequent runs in the same build directory.
Strangely enough, when you create a file, delete it, create it again (with the
same name), then the st_ctime field will contain the time of the first creation.
