On 2024-03-17 14:03, Bruno Haible wrote:
* On Linux, it's not even possible to set the birthtime of a file, if
that is meant to mean the ctime (change time).
birthtime is when the file was first created. You can't change it. So it
differs from ctime.
There's nothing 'tar -x' can do with birthtime. I suppose it'd be nicer
if for tar to ignore birthtime than to warn about it.
birthtime might be useful with other tar options, e.g., 'tar --d'.
I agree with Bruno that 'tar -c' shouldn't generate birthtime by
default, but I suppose an option could be added.
