Re: Creation vs Modification timestamps

2021-06-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 02:43:22AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > If you look at the specifications for all the different "ext2/3/4" > filesystem specifications, there's no place it says "store all the > passed date possible". What you see in ls -l is what's in the inode. > There's

Re: Creation vs Modification timestamps

2021-06-12 Thread Dan Ritter
hobie of RMN wrote: > Lately a script that has worked well and as intended for years and years > has begun doing something odd. When archiving a bunch of flat files, > instead of keeping the creation timestamps on those files, it stamps them > with the date and time of their being moved. > > Why

Re: Creation vs Modification timestamps

2021-06-12 Thread deloptes
hobie of RMN wrote: > Why that's happening is a separate issue and one that I do need to find > the answer to, but my question today is this:  Is it possible to find the > original creation date-and-time on these files, or is it simply "gone with > the wind" at this point? I would say it is the r

Re: Creation vs Modification timestamps

2021-06-11 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-12 12:19 a.m., hobie of RMN wrote: > Lately a script that has worked well and as intended for years and years > has begun doing something odd. When archiving a bunch of flat files, > instead of keeping the creation timestamps on those files, it stamps them > with the date and time

Creation vs Modification timestamps

2021-06-11 Thread hobie of RMN
Lately a script that has worked well and as intended for years and years has begun doing something odd. When archiving a bunch of flat files, instead of keeping the creation timestamps on those files, it stamps them with the date and time of their being moved. Why that's happening is a separate i