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It's the other way around. ctime (status change) for metadata, mtime (modification) for files contents, atime (access) for file access.
by yAnonymous 10y ago
It's the other way around. ctime (status change) for metadata, mtime (modification) for files contents, atime (access) for file access.
- merraksh 10y agoPart of the confusion for {c,m}time probably comes from [c]time: [c]hange [m]etadata [m]time: [m]odify] file [c]ontents
- pawadu 10y agoyeah, that was my first reaction: how do I know which one is which?
- inopinatus 10y agowell, if you need to check in future, like this: $ man 2 stat