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Re: Creation vs Modification timestamps

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Hi,

On 2021-06-12 12:19 a.m., hobie of RMN wrote:
> Lately a script that has worked well and as intended for years and years
> has begun doing something odd.  When archiving a bunch of flat files,
> instead of keeping the creation timestamps on those files, it stamps them
> with the date and time of their being moved.
> 
> Why that's happening is a separate issue and one that I do need to find
> the answer to, but my question today is this:  Is it possible to find the
> original creation date-and-time on these files, or is it simply "gone with
> the wind" at this point?
> 
> --hobie
> 

I'd say "Gone with the wind".

If you look at the specifications for all the different "ext2/3/4"
filesystem specifications, there's no place it says "store all the
passed date possible". What you see in ls -l is what's in the inode.
There's no secret hidden place with the dates of the file.

Except your original file shouldn't have had their date modified.
-- 
Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside
-Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development

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Creation vs Modification timestamps "hobie of RMN" <hobie@rumormillnews.com> - 2021-06-12 06:30 +0200
  Re: Creation vs Modification timestamps Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-06-12 08:50 +0200
  Re: Creation vs Modification timestamps deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-06-12 11:00 +0200
  Re: Creation vs Modification timestamps Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-06-12 12:50 +0200
    Re: Creation vs Modification timestamps Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-12 15:10 +0200

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