In Python 2.5.0 and earlier, it is not possible to modify the time stamps of a directory (mtime and atime) on Windows. The reason is that you cannot "open" (CreateFile) a directory.
On W9x, it isn't possible, period. On WNT+, it's possible if you pass FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS to CreateFile. I just applied patch #1576166 to the trunk which does that. Should I backport the patch to 2.5, as it is a bug that you can modify the time stamps of regular files but not directories? Or should I not backport as it is a new feature that you can now adjust the time stamps of a directory, and couldn't before? Anthony, can you please pronounce? Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
