File creation date = file modification date

[Pascal J . Bourguignon]

Stefan Urbanek writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I am getting same date of creation and modification for each file. Example:
> 
> StepTalk > fm := NSFileManager  defaultManager
> StepTalk > fm fileAttributesAtPath: '/home/me' traverseLink: NO
> ...
> NSFileCreationDate : 2004-03-06 11:01:39 +0100
> ...
> NSFileModificationDate : 2004-03-06 11:01:39 +0100
> ...
> 
> I'm using current GNUstep CVS + debian  libc 2.3.2.ds1-11.

No. The  question is what file  system you're using.   
On classic unix file system, there is no creation date (check stat(2)).
On Mac HFS+, creation date is recorded by the system.

I'd have  to check  the specification of  OpenStep, but it  would have
been better if they allowed a <I don't know> attribute value.

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