On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 03:06:06PM -0400, Chris Siebenmann wrote: > > The ctime changes whenever datat or attributes change. I'm not sure > > whether the ctime of the renamed file is expected to change. The > > ctime of the renamed-over file will change (if for no other reason > > that that it's nlink value changes from 1 to 0). > > The ctime of the renamed file is usually expected (and required) > to change (at least on local filesystems). Among other things, this > is how backup programs traditionally detect renamed files during > incremental backups. > > Some Linux filesystems have had problems here in the past (changing > ctime on rename is an obscure corner case), but I think all mainstream > ones work right these days. Got it, thanks!--b.
