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stat: "modification time" vs "change time"?

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Robert Latest

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Nov 29, 2007, 9:10:02 AM11/29/07
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Hello,

what's the difference between the "modification time" vs the "last changed
time" as returned by stat's %Y resp. %Z format placeholders?

Thanks,
robert

Joachim Schmitz

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Nov 29, 2007, 9:41:29 AM11/29/07
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"Robert Latest" <bobl...@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hello,
>
> what's the difference between the "modification time" vs the "last changed
> time" as returned by stat's %Y resp. %Z format placeholders?
modified content vs. changed permissions and ownerships

Bye, Jojo


Maxwell Lol

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Nov 29, 2007, 1:14:27 PM11/29/07
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Robert Latest <bobl...@yahoo.com> writes:

The data and the meta-data are different.

The file DATA is stored in data blocks, but the data ABOUT the file
are stored in a different location (the inode.) This includes name,
owner, group, permission, etc.

modification time is when the data changed.
last changed time is when the meta data changed.


Robert Latest

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Nov 30, 2007, 5:06:41 AM11/30/07
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Maxwell Lol wrote:

> The file DATA is stored in data blocks, but the data ABOUT the file
> are stored in a different location (the inode.) This includes name,
> owner, group, permission, etc.
>
> modification time is when the data changed.
> last changed time is when the meta data changed.

Thanks,
robert

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