linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] utimensat implementation

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Message-ID: <463287B2.7070100@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:30:58 -0700
From:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] utimensat implementation

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> The main use of atime seems to be to figure out when something can be
> automatically deleted.  Anyone else have other usage scenarios?

It's not atime which cannot be set, it's ctime.

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➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖


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