Commit 2471c9a7 authored by Raymond Hettinger's avatar Raymond Hettinger

SF bug #827902: ctime is not creation time

Document the correct definition of os.path.getctime()
parent 47ac58fb
...@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ not exist or is inaccessible. ...@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ not exist or is inaccessible.
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{getctime}{path} \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 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 \refmodule{time} module). Raise \exception{os.error} if the file does
not exist or is inaccessible. not exist or is inaccessible.
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