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SubjectRe: Question about stat()
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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