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'.

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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'.
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Am 28.09.2012 17:07, schrieb Chris Angelico:
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 11:12 PM, 陈伟 <chenwei.address@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
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>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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> 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).

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.

Christian

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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'. 陈伟 <chenwei.address@gmail.com> - 2012-09-28 06:12 -0700
  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'. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-29 01:07 +1000
  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'. Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2012-09-28 17:18 +0200
  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'. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-29 01:25 +1000
  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'. Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-09-28 18:22 +0100
  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'. "Kristen J. Webb" <kwebb@teradactyl.com> - 2012-09-28 11:48 -0600
    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'. Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-09-29 20:24 +0100

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