From b2a8e05384f5cfaa0772134a371032f8337cc398 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 17:45:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] stat.2: Clarify definitions of timestamp fields In particular, make it clear that atime and mtime relate to the file *data*. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/stat.2 | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/stat.2 b/man2/stat.2 index ab7eeb0c5..75da96680 100644 --- a/man2/stat.2 +++ b/man2/stat.2 @@ -246,13 +246,14 @@ in 512-byte units. when the file has holes.) .TP .I st_atime -This is the file's last access timestamp. +This is the time of the last access of file data. .TP .I st_mtime -This is the file's last modification timestamp. +This is the time of last modification of file data. .TP .I st_ctime -This is the file's last status change timestamp. +This is the file's last status change timestamp +(time of last change to the inode). .PP For further information on the above fields, see .BR inode (7).