From: Georg Brandl Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 07:52:55 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Clarify docs for os.path.getctime on Unix: it is the inode (metadata) change time X-Git-Tag: v3.4.0a4~261^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f6324941f00119363a42609558b7221c230aea13;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Clarify docs for os.path.getctime on Unix: it is the inode (metadata) change time --- diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index 1d46bf2b72dd..206e7acf1079 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. function:: getctime(path) Return the system's ctime which, on some systems (like Unix) is the time of the - last change, and, on others (like Windows), is the creation time for *path*. + last metadata change, and, on others (like Windows), is the creation time for *path*. The return value is a number giving the number of seconds since the epoch (see the :mod:`time` module). Raise :exc:`OSError` if the file does not exist or is inaccessible.