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Can you set a file's ctime to min(ctime, mtime)
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We know that the mtime of a file can be earlier than the ctime when you make copies of files (or, in my case, move files between file systems without successfully retaining timestamps).
I see many web search results on how to copy the ctime to the mtime (using touch), but not vice versa.
In the below example, I want the file WXBR.m4b to show it as created in 2014, not 2019. Can this be done?
$ stat WXBR.m4b
File: 'WXBR.m4b'
Size: 370988549 Blocks: 724592 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 851h/2129d Inode: 13 Links: 1
Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 1000/sarnobat) Gid: ( 1000/sarnobat)
Access: 2019-08-07 20:40:00.300216369 -0700
Modify: 2015-07-05 19:07:38.752375000 -0700
Change: 2019-08-08 15:37:05.511788978 -0700
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We know that the mtime of a file can be earlier than the ctime when you make copies of files (or, in my case, move files between file systems without successfully retaining timestamps).
I see many web search results on how to copy the ctime to the mtime (using touch), but not vice versa.
In the below example, I want the file WXBR.m4b to show it as created in 2014, not 2019. Can this be done?
$ stat WXBR.m4b
File: 'WXBR.m4b'
Size: 370988549 Blocks: 724592 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 851h/2129d Inode: 13 Links: 1
Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 1000/sarnobat) Gid: ( 1000/sarnobat)
Access: 2019-08-07 20:40:00.300216369 -0700
Modify: 2015-07-05 19:07:38.752375000 -0700
Change: 2019-08-08 15:37:05.511788978 -0700
Birth: -
filesystems ext4 timestamps
asked 1 hour ago
Sridhar SarnobatSridhar Sarnobat
6417 silver badges22 bronze badges
Possible duplicate of How can I change 'change' date of file?
– cas
26 mins ago
The change time is not the creation time.
– muru
1 min ago
add a comment |
We know that the mtime of a file can be earlier than the ctime when you make copies of files (or, in my case, move files between file systems without successfully retaining timestamps).
I see many web search results on how to copy the ctime to the mtime (using touch), but not vice versa.
In the below example, I want the file WXBR.m4b to show it as created in 2014, not 2019. Can this be done?
$ stat WXBR.m4b
File: 'WXBR.m4b'
Size: 370988549 Blocks: 724592 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 851h/2129d Inode: 13 Links: 1
Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 1000/sarnobat) Gid: ( 1000/sarnobat)
Access: 2019-08-07 20:40:00.300216369 -0700
Modify: 2015-07-05 19:07:38.752375000 -0700
Change: 2019-08-08 15:37:05.511788978 -0700
Birth: -
filesystems ext4 timestamps
asked 1 hour ago
Sridhar SarnobatSridhar Sarnobat
6417 silver badges22 bronze badges
We know that the mtime of a file can be earlier than the ctime when you make copies of files (or, in my case, move files between file systems without successfully retaining timestamps).
I see many web search results on how to copy the ctime to the mtime (using touch), but not vice versa.
In the below example, I want the file WXBR.m4b to show it as created in 2014, not 2019. Can this be done?
$ stat WXBR.m4b
File: 'WXBR.m4b'
Size: 370988549 Blocks: 724592 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 851h/2129d Inode: 13 Links: 1
Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 1000/sarnobat) Gid: ( 1000/sarnobat)
Access: 2019-08-07 20:40:00.300216369 -0700
Modify: 2015-07-05 19:07:38.752375000 -0700
Change: 2019-08-08 15:37:05.511788978 -0700
Birth: -
filesystems ext4 timestamps
filesystems ext4 timestamps
asked 1 hour ago
Sridhar SarnobatSridhar Sarnobat
6417 silver badges22 bronze badges
asked 1 hour ago
Sridhar SarnobatSridhar Sarnobat
6417 silver badges22 bronze badges
asked 1 hour ago
Sridhar SarnobatSridhar Sarnobat
6417 silver badges22 bronze badges
asked 1 hour ago
Sridhar SarnobatSridhar Sarnobat
6417 silver badges22 bronze badges
asked 1 hour ago
Sridhar SarnobatSridhar Sarnobat
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6417 silver badges22 bronze badges
Possible duplicate of How can I change 'change' date of file?
– cas
26 mins ago
The change time is not the creation time.
– muru
1 min ago
add a comment |
Possible duplicate of How can I change 'change' date of file?
– cas
26 mins ago
The change time is not the creation time.
– muru
1 min ago
Possible duplicate of How can I change 'change' date of file?
– cas
26 mins ago
Possible duplicate of How can I change 'change' date of file?
– cas
26 mins ago
The change time is not the creation time.
– muru
1 min ago
The change time is not the creation time.
– muru
1 min ago
add a comment |
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Possible duplicate of How can I change 'change' date of file?
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The change time is not the creation time.
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