Setting creation or change timestamps
- by Thanatos
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?