Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.014 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; "subject:' ": 0.07; 'mtime': 0.09; 'sep': 0.09; 'subject:not': 0.11; 'modification': 0.15; 'confusion': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'happily': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; "subject:'.": 0.16; 'subject:between': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'please?': 0.22; 'tells': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'bugs': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'subject:other': 0.29; 'subject:what': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.29; 'fri,': 0.30; 'subject:last': 0.30; '(and': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.32; 'google,': 0.32; 'url:listinfo': 0.32; 'subject:change': 0.33; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'involving': 0.35; 'pm,': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'being': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'google': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'subject:, ': 0.61; 'time,': 0.62; 'future,': 0.72; 'have.': 0.95 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/jS5cWkmnhUTOTdY2iFpwnTm+Mvs1occHB2mMrLd1R8=; b=naTUuOYuu4qkpKc5hatMcMmxL5wsnRSzu1SV1bcO/wtGoUyCwyX6dcPE5+nigBN20J c818Nkn/9zBCTLZlHP8BZE8oE75VDFWXPJsRRxDeRDuP/1NwU4UR8q63qoBxoYehR9pA UDk28E3BT5ytOF6jIu+FbEJY28dQU4IqidlU3X+/CsZc/0aLTUTyj9wI5DI6dtqUbgsL W9pkqG/gaUo8s5R8kYcWbrN/m4XIyVDICt4b8L09U1CK0DsHM8Ufo4vAzY47hZHOwJWE N0NyktqkKAGbTt3z7UEh21vQLXf+RlkrlC+SAtsC89GnNaSS3PGfu1MzDB0SQl/sMPCK A2Nw== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:07:15 +1000 Subject: Re: what is the difference between st_ctime and st_mtime one is the time of last change and the other is the time of last modification, but i can not understand what is the difference between 'change' and 'modification'. From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 15 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1348844838 news.xs4all.nl 6967 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:54981 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:30398 On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 11:12 PM, =E9=99=88=E4=BC=9F wrote: > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list In future, can you put the body of your message into the body please? :) ctime is creation time, not change time. mtime is modification time, as you have. But I can understand where the confusion comes from; Google tells me there've been documentation bugs involving this very thing (and Google, being extremely Lawful Neutral, would have happily told you the same thing if you'd asked). ChrisA