Subject: bug#14703: stat no creation date on ntfs filesystem files which have creation dates

From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:12:38 +0100

On 06/24/2013 03:57 PM, Enda wrote:
> When I use stat, there is no creation date on ntfs filesystem files which have creation dates:
> 
> $ stat file.txt 
> ...
>  Birth: -

So the issue here is that there is no Linux kernel interface at present to get that info.
Notes on xstat here: http://lwn.net/Articles/397442/
On cygwin the info is passed and displayed.

cheers,
Pádraig.