Re: file creation time

[Viktor Pavlenko <vp@example.com>]

>>>>> On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 21:26:56 -0600 (CST), Tod McQuillin <devin@example.com> said:

    TM> On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Viktor Pavlenko wrote:
    >> how can I determine the file creation time?

    TM> Unix (and Linux) does not keep track of file creation times.
    TM> Only the access time, modification time, and inode change time
    TM> are maintained.

    TM> There is basically no guaranteed way to know when a file was
    TM> first created.

Thanks, Tod. Just to make everything clear: what are the exact
meanings of all those times? mtime seems to always be the same as
ctime, and when atime is updated?

Viktor