Unix Programming - file creation time

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file creation time

maverick

2006-10-24, 7:17 pm

I want to get the creation time , last access and last write time for a
file in unix . I tried looking at stat function but it doesnt give me
the creation time

How do i ascertain the creation time for a file ?

Chris McDonald

2006-10-24, 7:17 pm

"maverick" <ramapra@gmail.com> writes:

>I want to get the creation time , last access and last write time for a
>file in unix . I tried looking at stat function but it doesnt give me
>the creation time

>How do i ascertain the creation time for a file ?

Most Unix file systems do not store a file's creation time,
or the time of the 2nd last modification.
You'll need to employ your own 'out-of-band' solution.

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Chris.