Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 07:06:34 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Emanuel Strobl <emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installworld with specified ctime possible? Message-ID: <20050325200634.GE43123@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200503251928.03969@harrymail> References: <200503251928.03969@harrymail>
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On Fri, 2005-Mar-25 19:27:51 +0100, Emanuel Strobl wrote: >Does anybody know a trick how I can have the files, installed by installworld, >have a specified ctime? Quick answer: you can't. ctime is the inode change time and is always updated by the UFS code to reflect the system time at which an inode change occurred. The only way to control it is by setting the system clock - and that will have all sorts of other undesirable side-effects. -- Peter Jeremy
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