From dc801844c1fa9aaaada0b8c38791c9160c5a8057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 09:52:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify docs for os.path.getctime on Unix: it is the inode (metadata) change time --- Doc/library/os.path.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index c84aaf29e1..e9b98132e8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. function:: getctime(path) 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 *path*. + last metadata change, and, on others (like Windows), is the creation time for *path*. The return value is a number giving the number of seconds since the epoch (see the :mod:`time` module). Raise :exc:`os.error` if the file does not exist or is inaccessible. -- 2.50.1