Re: Add set_* functions to stat-time?

[Paul Eggert]

On 2024-03-17 14:03, Bruno Haible wrote:
>    * On Linux, it's not even possible to set the birthtime of a file, if
>      that is meant to mean the ctime (change time).

birthtime is when the file was first created. You can't change it. So it 
differs from ctime.

There's nothing 'tar -x' can do with birthtime. I suppose it'd be nicer 
if for tar to ignore birthtime than to warn about it.

birthtime might be useful with other tar options, e.g., 'tar --d'.

I agree with Bruno that 'tar -c' shouldn't generate birthtime by 
default, but I suppose an option could be added.