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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2013-10-06 07:52:55 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2013-10-06 07:52:55 (GMT)
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Clarify docs for os.path.getctime on Unix: it is the inode (metadata) change time
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@@ -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.