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Re: Defect in XCU pax

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Subject: Re: Defect in XCU pax
From: Nick Stoughton <yyyy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 19 Mar 2003 10:22:08 -0800
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References: <OF431D79A5.D662CCE8-ON86256CEE.00623B39-86256CEE.0062E4DE@xxxxxx>
oops, no, you may be right! utime() will only set ctime to the current
time...

On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 10:00, Mark Brown wrote:
> Nick writes:
> > I think the simplest answer is to change the phrase "creation time" in
> > the pax description (everywhere in the ctime description) to "status
> > change time". The  description for ctime would then read:
> > 
> > ctime    The file status change time for the following file(s), 
> equivalent
> > to the value of the st_ctime member of the stat structure for a file, as
> > described by the stat( ) function. The status change time shall be
> > restored if the process has the appropriate privilege required to do so.
> > The format of the <value> shall be as described in pax Extended Header
> > File Times (on page 714).
> 
> For my own edification -- is there a way to set this, provided for in the
> standard?
> 
> 
> -------------------
> Mark S. Brown 
> STSM, UNIX/Linux OS Standards
> IBM Systems Group
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