Re: [LTP] [PATCH 1/5] Add stat04 test

Cyril Hrubis
2024-07-04T09:18:28Z

Hi!
> > + /* change st_atime / st_mtime / st_ctime */
> > + sleep(1);
> >
>
> Does this 1sec sleep make real sense to the test? Can we remove it?

With utimensat we can easily change access time and modification time
but you can't change status change time. So we either sleep here or set
the system clock back, change the file and then reset the system clock
back.

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Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz