From 8476c4df925238b5b82a68a97445877c8260e364 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:00:36 +0000
Subject: SF bug #827902:  ctime is not creation time

Document the correct definition of os.path.getctime()
---
 Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
index 7052714..b3973e3 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.
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