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Re: stat-time tests fix for Windows


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: stat-time tests fix for Windows
Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 12:12:06 -0700
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Bruno Haible wrote:
Strangely enough, when you create a file, delete it, create it again (with the
same name), then the st_ctime field will contain the time of the first creation.

This misfeature is by design. It's called "file system tunneling". See, for 
example:

http://dfstream.blogspot.com/2012/02/file-system-tunneling-in-windows.html



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