From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Cygwin /usr/bin/stat returns "Birth: -", which value in FILE_BASIC_INFORMATION.CreationTime causes that?
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 18:54:46 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <31e79a62-2068-4488-9195-b9e7abf716e3@SystematicSW.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANH4o6O=kbNTptDMNOvg6+HBYTufNgv_71Be2Fn6E3w7+qprVg@mail.gmail.com>
On 2024-04-04 18:05, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote:
> I have problems with debugging, so a quick help would be appreciated,
> as I cannot figure this out after several hours of digging.
>
> Cygwin /usr/bin/stat returns "Birth: -" for some files. Which value
> must the CreationTime member of FILE_BASIC_INFORMATION have to cause
> /usr/bin/stat ti return "-"? 0, -1, or something else?
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/src/stat.c#n1618
=> tv_nsec < 0
https://cygwin.com/git?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=blob;f=winsup/cygwin/fhandler/disk_file.cc#l414
https://cygwin.com/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=blob;f=winsup/cygwin/times.cc#l283
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-05 0:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-05 0:05 Martin Wege
2024-04-05 0:54 ` Brian Inglis [this message]
2024-04-05 1:08 ` Martin Wege
2024-04-05 15:51 ` Brian Inglis
2024-04-05 2:26 ` Win32 FILE_BASIC_INFORMATION.*Time.QuadPart - which value should be used if filesystem does not support it, so Cygwin /usr/bin/stat lists the value as '-'? Martin Wege
2024-04-09 21:14 ` Corinna Vinschen
2024-04-10 4:30 ` Brian Inglis
2024-04-10 7:59 ` Corinna Vinschen
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