[offtopic] file/directory modification date

[Niels Hald Pedersen]

Hi all,

Sorry for the offtopicness, but anyway:

When updating the contents of a directory by tarring files into it, it seems
that the modification time for that directory becomes identical to that of
the latest modified file in it, and not the time of the tarring. Is this
correct, reliable and documented behavior ?

thanks in advance,

Niels Hald Pedersen
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