From 8476c4df925238b5b82a68a97445877c8260e364 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger 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. -- cgit v0.12