On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:12 PM, James Ralston <invalid.nore...@gnu.org> wrote: ... > The statfs(2) system call will return the f_type field in the struct statfs, > but unfortunately, the field is the same for all variants of ext (ext2, ext3, > ext4). So as far as I know (although I would be happy to be corrected), there > is no library or system call that will reveal whether the filesystem that an > arbitrary file is on supports high resolution timestamps.
You're looking for pathconf(path, _PC_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION) See also: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fpathconf.html However, last I checked glibc and Linux didn't implement it. Philip Guenther _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make