Author: asomers Date: Thu Feb 14 20:24:33 2019 New Revision: 344134 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/344134
Log: MFC r341598: stat(2): clarify which syscalls modify file timestamps The list of syscalls that modify st_atim, st_mtim, and st_ctim was quite out of date and probably not accurate to begin with. Update it, and make it clear that the list is open-ended. Reviewed by: kib Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18410 Modified: stable/12/lib/libc/sys/stat.2 Directory Properties: stable/12/ (props changed) Modified: stable/12/lib/libc/sys/stat.2 ============================================================================== --- stable/12/lib/libc/sys/stat.2 Thu Feb 14 19:07:08 2019 (r344133) +++ stable/12/lib/libc/sys/stat.2 Thu Feb 14 20:24:33 2019 (r344134) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)stat.2 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/1/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 1, 2017 +.Dd December 5, 2018 .Dt STAT 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -156,45 +156,53 @@ are: .Bl -tag -width ".Va st_birthtim" .It Va st_atim Time when file data was last accessed. -Changed by the -.Xr mknod 2 , -.Xr utimes 2 , +Changed implicitly by syscalls such as .Xr read 2 and -.Xr readv 2 -system calls. +.Xr readv 2 , +and explicitly by +.Xr utimes 2 . .It Va st_mtim Time when file data was last modified. -Changed by the +Changed implicitly by syscalls such as +.Xr truncate 2 , +.Xr write 2 , +and +.Xr writev 2 , +and explicitly by +.Xr utimes 2 . +Also, any syscall which modifies directory content changes the +.Va st_mtim +for the affected directory. +For instance, +.Xr creat 2 , .Xr mkdir 2 , -.Xr mkfifo 2 , -.Xr mknod 2 , -.Xr utimes 2 , -.Xr write 2 +.Xr rename 2 , +.Xr link 2 , and -.Xr writev 2 -system calls. +.Xr unlink 2 . .It Va st_ctim Time when file status was last changed (inode data modification). -Changed by the +Changed implicitly by any syscall that affects file metadata, including +.Va st_mtim , +such as .Xr chflags 2 , .Xr chmod 2 , .Xr chown 2 , +.Xr truncate 2 , +.Xr utimes 2 , +and +.Xr write 2 . +Also, any syscall which modifies directory content changes the +.Va st_ctim +for the affected directory. +For instance, .Xr creat 2 , -.Xr link 2 , .Xr mkdir 2 , -.Xr mkfifo 2 , -.Xr mknod 2 , .Xr rename 2 , -.Xr rmdir 2 , -.Xr symlink 2 , -.Xr truncate 2 , -.Xr unlink 2 , -.Xr utimes 2 , -.Xr write 2 +.Xr link 2 , and -.Xr writev 2 -system calls. +.Xr unlink 2 . .It Va st_birthtim Time when the inode was created. .El _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"