[Mono-bugs] [Bug 45066][Nor] Changed - FileSystemInfo.CreationTime does not stick (MonoIO.SetFileTime())

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Changed by rkumar@novell.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=45066

--- shadow/45066	2003-06-18 10:50:33.000000000 -0400
+++ shadow/45066.tmp.17532	2003-11-06 01:25:01.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 Bug#: 45066
 Product: Mono/Class Libraries
 Version: unspecified
 OS: Red Hat 8.0
 OS Details: 
-Status: NEW   
-Resolution: 
-Severity: 
+Status: RESOLVED   
+Resolution: NOTABUG
+Severity: Unknown
 Priority: Normal
 Component: CORLIB
 AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
 ReportedBy: ndrochak@gol.com               
 QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
 TargetMilestone: ---
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@
 				Console.WriteLine ("Passed");
 		} finally {
 			Directory.Delete (path, true);
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+------- Additional Comments From rkumar@novell.com  2003-11-06 01:25 -------
+It is not possible to set file creation time on Linux. In Mono, 
+file_setfiletime() function in "/src/mono-0.28/mono/io-layer/io.c" 
+uses fstat and utime system calls to get/set file time stamps. And, 
+utime() call does not allow setting the creation time. I collected 
+following information from Internet and man pages. 'UNIX file system 
+and Ext (Linux file system) do not keep track of file creation time 
+as such. Every file is attached with three time stamps, accessTime, 
+changeTime and modificationTime. The changeTime refers to the time 
+when any of file attributes e.g. file size, file permissions etc are 
+changed. I read one guy quoting that notion of creation time on Linux 
+is the time when any inode is modified.' 
+After going through all this, I don't think if this defect can be 
+fixed on Linux.