On Sun, 07 Aug 2022 11:37:41 +0930 Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On a couple of my computers using ext4 file systems I get different > results from the stat command on any file. One will list a creation > date, the other has nothing there (for any file). I don't see any > special options in fstab, I'm wondering why it behaves this way. > > > [tim@rocky ~]$ stat where-do-i-begin.odt > File: ‘where-do-i-begin.odt’ > Size: 15849 Blocks: 32 IO Block: 4096 regular > file Device: 803h/2051d Inode: 5768403 Links: 1 > Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--) Uid: ( 1000/ tim) Gid: ( 1000/ > tim) Context: unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 > Access: 2022-06-10 15:35:17.981562395 +0930 > Modify: 2019-11-11 17:49:43.401481919 +1030 > Change: 2019-11-11 17:49:43.401481919 +1030 > Birth: - > > > I think this is substantially correct - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1988565/setting-windows-creation-date-using-posix-api#1988689 as is this: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/91197/how-to-find-creation-date-of-file I think system dependent, not to be counted on. D -- Belief is the wound that knowledge heals. Teran to Peran, in The Telling -Ursula K LeGuin _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue