[email protected] once said:
> i'm not sure. if you touch an existing file, then it makes sense
> that the files mtime gets updated, not the whole directory.
>
> wstat() and write() on a file only update the files mtime, not
> the parent directory.
>
> however creating a new file or deleting a file from a directory
> does change the directories mtime. (the dump change makes it
> consistent with that).
>From stat(5):
For a plain file, mtime is the time of the most recent
create, open with truncation, or write; for a directory
it is the time of the most recent remove, create, or
wstat of a file in the directory.
Cheers,
Anthony
