[SOLVED] Would you like a safe all (no exception) timestamps supported setter on your Linux?
by maybeJosiah from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6HTEK)
For Linux there is "touch" for modified and accessed times. Some systems support created at times and/or changed at times. I know "debugfs" with "set_inode_field" is a common way to set those timestamps. It is a Linux debugger system and unsafe for regular use. How many of you would like feature of a safe way to set inode data such as all timestamps? Feel free to tell your Linux distro developers if you do want it. As of now there is only "debugfs" and "touch" for that. Good uses would be like from Windows or other systems that support created at or changed at or backups and restore without system images. Do not expect Linux that you do not control to be like this any time soon but would you prefer it? I realize there is rsync now and -N for created at. Never seen a changed at setter other than debugfs. POSIX compliance means all Linux has changed at so you have that and what touch can set. X E.