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What are timestamps of a file?
A TIMESTAMP file is a data file created by ESRI mapping software, such as ArcMap or ArcCatalog. It contains information about edits that have been made to a file geodatabase (. GDB file), which stores geographic information.
What are timestamps in Linux?
Every Linux file has three timestamps: the access timestamp (atime), the modified timestamp (mtime), and the changed timestamp (ctime). The access timestamp is the last time a file was read. This means someone used a program to display the contents of the file or read some values from it.
What does the date command do in Linux?
date command is used to display the system date and time. date command is also used to set date and time of the system. By default the date command displays the date in the time zone on which unix/linux operating system is configured. You must be the super-user (root) to change the date and time.
How do you set timestamps on a reference file?
A reference file is the file which already has the timestamps you’d like to copy: By specifying this file using a -r option, you can use the touch command to set the same atime and mtime values to any file of yours:
Can you use timestamps from a specific file or folder?
As you can see above in Windows 10 shot screenshot, you can use timestamps from a certain Windows file, or folder, you can use this file timestamp example as a solution without hesitation also on earlier versions of MS Windows operating systems.
How does the mtime of a directory work?
About mtime of a directory, from Stéphane Chazelas’s reply https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/187231/674 The modification time of a directory, like any other file (note how directories are called directories (a list of name/number mappings like a phone directory) and not folders) is updated whenever the content is modified.
When does the ctime of a directory is updated?
As to when the ctime of a directory is updated, that’s the same as for a regular file: when its content is modified (entries added or removed or renamed) or its metadata (except atime upon reading) is modified (like upon chmod / chown, ACL modifications…). Thanks for contributing an answer to Unix & Linux Stack Exchange!