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+++ b/fs.rst Tue Aug 31 21:59:49 2010 +0300
@@ -14,6 +14,25 @@
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+* How get file time attributes.
+
+POSIX define 3 file time attributes: atime (access time, only a few OS/fs update
+this parameter), ctime (attribute/inode modification time), mtime (modification
+time).
+
+To get time you can use 'ls' command but it print time in locale dependent
+irregular form:
+
+ $ ls -l file.txt # last file modification
+ $ ls -lc file.txt # last file status modification
+ $ ls -lu file.txt # last access
+
+GNU coreutils provide more robust 'stst' utility:
+
+ $ stat -c %Y file.txt # last file modification
+ $ stat -c %Z file.txt # last file status modification
+ $ stat -c %X file.txt # last access
+
* File names.
** POSIX.