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From: Enda <enda_k2-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/18] xstat: Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available [ver #6]
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:03:07 +0000 (UTC)
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Copying a file using cp on a NTFS filesystem to an ext4 filesystem does not 
copy the birth time:

$ cp --preserve=all ntfs.txt ~

$ stat ~/ntfs.txt 
...
 Birth: -



-- Enda