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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 12:42:11 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: new w/20050114 snapshot: chmod updates ctime
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On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 09:35:09AM -0800, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
>With the 20050114 snapshot, chmod is updating a file's ctime.  This
>didn't happen with the 20050111 snapshot.

Yes, AFAIK, this is correct behavior, fixed, as mentioned here:

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2005-01/msg00690.html

and conformant with this:

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/chmod.html

cgf

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