Setting creation or change timestamps

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Published on 2010-12-27T07:45:31Z Indexed on 2010/12/27 7:53 UTC
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Using utimes, futimes, futimens, etc., it is possible to set the access and modification timestamps on a file.

Is there a function to set change timestamps? (I understand the cyclic nature of wanting to change the change timestamp, but think archiving software - it would be nice to restore a file exactly as it was.)

Are there any functions at all for creation timestamps? (I realize that ext2 does not support this, but I was wondering if Linux did, for those filesystems that do support it.)

If it's not possible, what is the reasoning behind it not being so?

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