[gpfsug-discuss] Creation time

[Jonathan Buzzard]

On 01/10/2026 15:47, Zdenek Salvet via gpfsug-discuss wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 01:56:33PM +0000, Jez Tucker via gpfsug-discuss wrote:
>> See gpfs_set_times_path() in gpfs.h
> 
> Hello,
> depending on the exact use case, it may be be better to leave true creation
> time unmodified and store the value from original filesystem in an extended attribute...
> 

That is an option, but just keeping the original value is probably the 
best choice for us.


JAB.

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