Jean-Luc BEAUDET wrote:
You can't. There is absolutely no way to determine that information
in a UNIX filesystem. Next question.

That'll change the mtime, but not the ctime.

Then you'll need to store it and track it yourself, because the
filesystem won't do it for you.

Chris Mattern

Chris> That'll change the mtime, but not the ctime.

Ahem. I know you meant "ctime but not mtime", but just slipped for a
moment.

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