docs/100494: Missing description of "birth time of the inode" in man stat

Dr. Markus Waldeck waldeck at gmx.de
Tue Jul 18 19:20:23 UTC 2006


>Number:         100494
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Missing description of "birth time of the inode" in man stat
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 18 19:20:16 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dr. Markus Waldeck
>Release:        6.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD fb 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May  7 04:32:43 UTC 2006
root at opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
"birthtime" always corresponds with the comment /* time of file creation */ in /usr/include/sys/stat.h.

man stat mentions ONE time "birth time of the inode":
The time file was last accessed or modified, of when the
inode was last changed, or the birth time of the inode.

There is no further explanation of the meaning and the correlation to the "time of file creation".
>How-To-Repeat:
man stat
>Fix:
Add the explanation
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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