From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:03:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: SF bug #827902:  ctime is not creation time
X-Git-Tag: v2.3.3c1~103
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=78cf30352680d2ae50cc1803307598d7ef7aef1f;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

SF bug #827902:  ctime is not creation time

Document the correct definition of os.path.getctime()
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
index 7052714d1542..b3973e37ba4b 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ not exist or is inaccessible.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{getctime}{path}
-Return the time of creation of \var{path}.  The return
+Return the time of most recent content modification or metadata change
+for \var{path}.  The return
 value is a number giving the number of seconds since the epoch (see the 
 \refmodule{time} module).  Raise \exception{os.error} if the file does
 not exist or is inaccessible.