utimes(2): changing the birth time

Hi, Is there a way to set birth time to a value greater(newer) than the actual birth time (not in the future, but not the current time)? The man page utimes(2) says that is only possible to change to an older value. I saw a way to do this by opening a new file, coping the data, setting the other

Re: utimes(2): changing the birth time

On Wed, 12 May 2010 17:53:38 + Knowledge Seeker knosee...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, Is there a way to set birth time to a value greater(newer) than the actual birth time (not in the future, but not the current time)? The man page utimes(2) says that is only possible to change to an older

Re: utimes(2): changing the birth time

On 12 May 2010 22:38, Gary Jennejohn gljennj...@googlemail.com wrote: On Wed, 12 May 2010 17:53:38 + Knowledge Seeker knosee...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, Is there a way to set birth time to a value greater(newer) than the actual birth time (not in the future, but not the current time)?