Re: file born 30 seconds after its creation on ext4 - bug?

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> On an ext4 filesystem, I got a file born 30 seconds after its
> actual creation. Is this a bug?

I doubt it.
Note that a file's atime/mtime/ctime is a property of the file itself,
whereas "appearing" is defined by when the name you're checking
becomes a link to it.

IOW, most likely the file was first created under a different name and
then renamed.  This is very standard practice to make sure the final
file name never refers to an incomplete file.


        Stefan