Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Feb 2000 16:03:33 +0100 | From | Ralf Baechle <> | Subject | Re: Question about stat() |
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On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 05:52:06PM +0200, Matti Aarnio wrote:
> > Is there any way I can get much more accuracy than that for files? > > No. > > See filesystems, some might support micro/nanosecond timers > too, but there are even ones which support 2sec granularity > (DOS FAT). > > The VFS layer carries only time_t object for files, so even > if FS supplies finer granularity, you can't get it thru the > VFS..
Which btw. explains some funnies in the behaviour of make.
Ralf
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