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| From | "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: [sot] file times / file metadata |
| Date | 2017-11-21 23:23 +0100 |
| Organization | Informatimago |
| Message-ID | <m2y3mzclv0.fsf@informatimago.com> (permalink) |
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fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> writes:
> rethinking it a bit (as i wrote)
> it now it seems to me that the way it is done is maybe roughly mostly ok
>
> user only should maybe remember two things
> 1) copy-ing modifies acces times
> (and not modify modify times)
> 2) creation time is more like copied to this place time (so the mane
> is confusing, this name i take form windows in polish and this is my
> atranslation so maybe those are not official names to thise timestamps
> i dont know)
>
> maybe there are also some glitches and weirdos of that system i dont know off - but roughly it seem to be ok
No, you don't get it.
File system primitives are:
----------- ------------
primitive time updated
----------- ------------
creat ctime
open -
read atime
write mtime
close -
link -
unlink -
----------- ------------
There is no such notion as copying a file, delete a file, etc.
There are only low level primitive functions.
There's no semantics, there, only technical operations.
The time recorded in the file system are not semantically meaningful.
They're just timestamp associated with technical operations.
--
__Pascal J. Bourguignon
http://www.informatimago.com
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[sot] file times / file metadata fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-11-21 11:50 -0800
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2017-11-21 21:05 +0100
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-11-22 09:15 +1300
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Re: [sot] file times / file metadata fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-11-21 13:01 -0800
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2017-11-21 22:04 +0100
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-11-21 13:17 -0800
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Re: [sot] file times / file metadata "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2017-11-21 23:23 +0100
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Re: [sot] file times / file metadata cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2017-11-28 20:13 +0000
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Re: [sot] file times / file metadata scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-11-30 21:17 +0000
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2017-11-28 09:35 -0800
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-11-29 08:24 +1300
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-11-29 08:27 +1300
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-11-28 14:29 -0500
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-11-29 09:51 +0100
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-11-30 15:59 -0500
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Re: [sot] file times / file metadata "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-11-29 09:11 -0500
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-11-29 15:28 +0100
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-11-29 11:32 -0500
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-11-23 15:05 -0500
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-11-24 10:20 +0100
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-11-24 09:05 -0500
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-11-24 22:50 -0600
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2017-11-28 16:59 +0000
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-11-29 08:26 +1300
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-11-29 10:10 +0100
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2017-11-29 21:01 +0000
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-11-29 23:13 +0100
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2017-11-30 17:26 +0000
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-11-22 08:00 -0800
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2017-11-22 17:11 +0100
Re: [sot] file times / file metadata "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2017-11-22 16:51 +0100
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