[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-827902 ] ctime is not creation time

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Bugs item #827902, was opened at 2003-10-21 19:32
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Robert Siemer (siemer)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: ctime is not creation time

Initial Comment:
Hi!

http://python.org/doc/current/lib/module-os.path.html
says getctime() returns the creation time. But it
probably returns the ctime, which has nothing to do
with creation.

Bye,
Robert

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>Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2003-10-27 15:05

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Fixed.
See Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex 1.37 and 1.36.12.1.


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Comment By: Johan M. Hahn (johahn)
Date: 2003-10-23 03:14

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On Windows 2000 os.path.ctime (-> ntpath.getctime -> 
ntpath.stat.st_ctime) returns creation time.

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Comment By: Robert Siemer (siemer)
Date: 2003-10-22 17:11

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ctime is the time of last modification of file status
information.
Means: gets updated on everything... (-:
There is no way on classic Linux-Filesystems to get the
creation time.


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Comment By: Sjoerd Mullender (sjoerd)
Date: 2003-10-22 16:14

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ctime is change time.  Read the manual (stat(2)):
time_t        st_atime;    /* time of last access */
time_t        st_mtime;    /* time of last modification */
time_t        st_ctime;    /* time of last change */


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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2003-10-22 11:02

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Why do you say ctime has nothing to do with creation? What 
else does ctime indicate?

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