Bug #4077: ctime error in windows

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: 1.9.2
• ruby -v: 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18) [i386-mingw32]

[tjlsmith (Terry Smith)]

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In Ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18) [i386-mingw32] File.ctime does not report the change time of the file. It reports the creation time of the file. mtime reports the change time of the file.
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[luislavena (Luis Lavena)]

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Perhaps you file modification and access times are the same?

C:\Users\Luis>ruby -ve "a = '.irbrc'; puts File.mtime(a), File.atime(a), File.ctime(a)"
ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18) [i386-mingw32]
2009-05-16 17:48:54 -0300
2009-09-03 20:08:20 -0300
2009-08-19 19:39:10 -0300

C:\Users\Luis>ruby -rfileutils -e "FileUtils.touch('.irbrc')"

C:\Users\Luis>ruby -ve "a = '.irbrc'; puts File.mtime(a), File.atime(a), File.ctime(a)"
ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18) [i386-mingw32]
2010-11-20 15:55:43 -0300
2010-11-20 15:55:43 -0300
2009-08-19 19:39:10 -0300

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[naruse (Yui NARUSE)]

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You correctly know, ctime is "change time" on Unix (inode data modification time).
But ctime of NTFS is "creation time" (a.k.a. s birth time).

Yeah, this is documentation bug, so I fix it.
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[naruse (Yui NARUSE)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed
• % Done changed from 0 to 100

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This issue was solved with changeset r29844.
Terry, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.

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