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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstat.tex b/Doc/lib/libstat.tex index 74ccc3777b..d5353f1d10 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstat.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstat.tex @@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ Time of last modification. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{ST_CTIME} -Time of last status change (see manual pages for details). +The ``ctime'' as reported by the operating system. On some systems +(like \UNIX) is the time of the last metadata change, and, on others +(like Windows), is the creation time (see platform documentation for +details). \end{datadesc} The interpretation of ``file size'' changes according to the file |