GNU bug report logs - #14703
stat no creation date on ntfs filesystem files which have creation dates

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Enda <enda_k2 <at> yahoo.com>

Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:58:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 14880

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Enda <enda_k2 <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 14703 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14703: stat no creation date on ntfs filesystem files which have creation dates
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.
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