>From d7757509a9248a1b2ead45433741d2ec0d4ce7d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Assaf Gordon Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:13:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: add paragraph about stat's %x/%y/%z doc/coreutils.texi: added paragraph. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index b21a4fd..b505d1e 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -11864,6 +11864,16 @@ precision: [1288929712.114951834] @end example +@emph{Access time} formats (@samp{%x},@samp{%X}) output the file's access time. +Access time is also shown with @command{ls -lu}. The precise meaning of file +access time depends on your operating system and file system configuration. +@emph{Data modification} format (@samp{%y}, @samp{%Y}) +outputs the time the file's content was modified (e.g. by a program writing +to the file). Data modification time is also shown with @command{ls -l}. +@emph{Status change} format (@samp{%z},@samp{%Z}) outputs the +time the file's status was modified (e.g. owner, group, mode changes). Status +change time is also shown with @command{ls -lc}. + The mount point printed by @samp{%m} is similar to that output by @command{df}, except that: @itemize @bullet -- 1.9.1