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Create a directory list in CSV format
Authored by: jaysoffian on Aug 30, '06 09:31:47AM

That's not the creation date, it's the last modification time. Unix filesystems track three time related fields:

atime - last time the file was accessed. This is updated any time the file is opened.

mtime - last time the file was modified. This is updated any time the file's contents are changed.

ctime - last time the inode was changed. This one requires a little explanation. The inode is what tracks where on disk the file's contents are located as well as stores meta-information about the file (its permissions, owner, group, etc). So this is updated if you change the file itself, or if you change any of its meta-information.

j.



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OS X file creation dates
Authored by: sjk on Aug 30, '06 12:21:49PM
For the curious, File Creation Dates on Mac OS X: Clash of the Cultures (@ blog.plasticsfuture.org) has more explanation and discussion about that topic.

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