On Mon, May 02, 2022 at 10:04:00AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > I'm not very familiar with files' birth as it's a relatively new > addition to filesystems, particularly how to display it even when > present. So I looked it up, and the ext4 wiki says it's the time > at which the inode is created. I also read in ext4 wikipedia: [...] > So I wondered whether a delayed birth time could be caused by the > filesystem waiting a while before it actually starts creating any > allocation for the file on the disk. Having amassed some data, > depending on its size, it decides where it's going to write it, > ie which block group. Only then does it create the file's inode, > so that it can keep file contents and inode close together. That actually makes sense. It would be surprising behaviour, but at least whithin reach; whether it's intentional or may be considered a bug is, of course, another thing Thanks for diving into details, cheers -- t
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