On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:46:38 +0100
David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Looks like it mostly uses the ctime. IMO, the mtime would be a better
> > choice since it changes less frequently, but I don't guess that it
> > matters very much.
>
> I'd've thought mtime changes more frequently since that's altered when data is
> written. ctime is changed when attributes are changed.
>
IIUC, updating mtime for a write is also an attribute change, and that
affects ctime. According to the stat(2) manpage:
The field st_ctime is changed by writing or by setting inode informa-
tion (i.e., owner, group, link count, mode, etc.).
> Note that Ext4 appears to have a file creation time field in its inode
> (struct ext4_inode::i_crtime[_extra]). Can Samba be made to use that?
>
Is it exposed to userspace in any (standard) way? It would be handy to
have that. While we're wishing...it might also be nice to have a
standard way to get at the i_generation from userspace too.
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Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx>
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