[ale] stat question

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Wed Mar 31 12:59:25 EDT 2010


Matt Rideout wrote:
> mtime is the last time that the file contents were changed, while ctime
> is the last time that anything else tied to the file's inode were changed.
> 
> Running chmod, for example, will update the ctime, but not the mtime.
> Appending something to the file will update both.

Thank you sir.

> 
> Geoffrey wrote:
>> Regarding the stat command what is the difference between:
>>
>> Time of last modification
>> Time of last change
>>
>>   
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