From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:00:36 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: SF bug #827902:  ctime is not creation time
X-Git-Tag: v2.4a1~1357
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8476c4df925238b5b82a68a97445877c8260e364;p=python

SF bug #827902:  ctime is not creation time

Document the correct definition of os.path.getctime()
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
index 7052714d15..b3973e37ba 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ not exist or is inaccessible.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{getctime}{path}
-Return the time of creation of \var{path}.  The return
+Return the time of most recent content modification or metadata change
+for \var{path}.  The return
 value is a number giving the number of seconds since the epoch (see the 
 \refmodule{time} module).  Raise \exception{os.error} if the file does
 not exist or is inaccessible.