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SF bug #827902: ctime is not creation time
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New fix for this bug recognizes differing definitions on various systems.
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rhettinger committed Oct 29, 2003
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Expand Up @@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ \section{\module{os.path} ---
\end{funcdesc}

\begin{funcdesc}{getctime}{path}
Return the time of most recent content modification or metadata change
for \var{path}. The return
Return the system's ctime which, on some systems (like \UNIX) is the
time of the last change, and, on others (like Windows), is the
creation time for \var{path}. The return
value is a number giving the number of seconds since the epoch (see the
\refmodule{time} module). Raise \exception{os.error} if the file does
not exist or is inaccessible.
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