Hi, On 2021-06-12 12:19 a.m., hobie of RMN wrote: > Lately a script that has worked well and as intended for years and years > has begun doing something odd. When archiving a bunch of flat files, > instead of keeping the creation timestamps on those files, it stamps them > with the date and time of their being moved. > > Why that's happening is a separate issue and one that I do need to find > the answer to, but my question today is this: Is it possible to find the > original creation date-and-time on these files, or is it simply "gone with > the wind" at this point? > > --hobie > I'd say "Gone with the wind". If you look at the specifications for all the different "ext2/3/4" filesystem specifications, there's no place it says "store all the passed date possible". What you see in ls -l is what's in the inode. There's no secret hidden place with the dates of the file. Except your original file shouldn't have had their date modified. -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development
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