Re: hi-res mtime userspace interface

From: Michael Clark
Date: Sun Jan 20 2008 - 18:44:18 EST


Stephen Hemminger wrote:
Look at stat.

Thanks. OK that was what I wanted. I hadn't looked further than man 2 stat - I think the stat man page needs an update.

In /usr/include/bits/stat.h:
struct stat
{
__dev_t st_dev; /* Device. */
...
#ifdef __USE_MISC
/* Nanosecond resolution timestamps are stored in a format
equivalent to 'struct timespec'. This is the type used
whenever possible but the Unix namespace rules do not allow the
identifier 'timespec' to appear in the <sys/stat.h> header.
Therefore we have to handle the use of this header in strictly
standard-compliant sources special. */
struct timespec st_atim; /* Time of last access. */
struct timespec st_mtim; /* Time of last modification. */
struct timespec st_ctim; /* Time of last status change. */
# define st_atime st_atim.tv_sec /* Backward compatibility. */
# define st_mtime st_mtim.tv_sec
# define st_ctime st_ctim.tv_sec
#else
__time_t st_atime; /* Time of last access. */
unsigned long int st_atimensec; /* Nscecs of last access. */
__time_t st_mtime; /* Time of last modification. */
unsigned long int st_mtimensec; /* Nsecs of last modification. */
__time_t st_ctime; /* Time of last status change. */
unsigned long int st_ctimensec; /* Nsecs of last status change. */
#endif

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