From c43a7e7c370215518ea110f4d98493935bd1c2b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 00:46:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] SF bug #827902: ctime is not creation time New fix for this bug recognizes differing definitions on various systems. --- Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex index b3973e37ba..aa790e7693 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex @@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ not exist or is inaccessible. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getctime}{path} -Return the time of most recent content modification or metadata change -for \var{path}. The return +Return the system's ctime which, on some systems (like \UNIX) is the +time of the last change, and, on others (like Windows), is the +creation time 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. -- 2.50.1