[Samba] SAMBA HOWTO: time displayed in UNIX file listing

John H Terpstra jht at samba.org
Wed Mar 16 01:59:28 GMT 2005


Matt,

Thanks for spotting that. Fixed in the source now.

- John T.

On Tuesday 15 March 2005 18:15, Matt Seitz wrote:
> The SAMBA HOWTO says that ls displays access time.  Doesn't it display
> modify time?
>
> The HOWTO says
>
> "A UNIX file listing looks as follows:
>
> [listing removed]
>
> The columns above represent (from left to right): [...], access date,
> access time, file name".
> --http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/AccessControls
>.html#id2562588
>
> The UNIX standard says:
>
> "The <date and time> field shall contain the appropriate date and timestamp
> of when the file was last modified."
>
> --http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/utilities/ls.html

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