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doc: ls: explain atime/mtime/ctime better

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de>, 32250 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32250: ls -explain better the different times
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 21:13:30 -0700

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Hello,

On 2018-07-23 9:54 a.m., kalle wrote:
> in the documentation of ls the concept of the different times is not
> explained sufficiently well (mtime, atime, ctime).

The dedicated file-timestamp section (
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/File-timestamps.html 
) is indeed perhaps a bit too dense (lots of text
with no quick examples).

Attached is an improvement suggestion, adding a summary table,
and details examples.

Comments and feedback welcomed,
 - assaf

[0001-doc-expand-file-timestamp-section-atime-ctime-mtime.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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