[php-src] Issue #14900: Set file creation/change time in touch
| From: | andre5x | Date: | Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:01:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | [php-src] Issue #14900: Set file creation/change time in touch | ||
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Issue: https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/14900
Author: andre5x
### Description
With the touch function you can set the modification and access time, but not the creation/change
time. I have several Windows applications where I need to set the creation time, for example a
backup tool that needs to preserve the creation time. I have solved that with a C program that can
set creation, modification and access times and that can be invoked from PHP using (Unix) sockets.
But that is a relatively complicated solution, it would be much simpler/neater if you could set the
creation time using touch.
It would also be nice if the copy function would have a flag to preserve ctime, mtime and a time. In
that case a touch to reset ctime, mtime and atime would not be needed at all. But I have a PHP tool
that sets ctime and mtime of JPG files based on the ctime and mtime in the Exif header, for that I
need the touch solution. A flag in the copy function would be a partial solution, setting ctime with
touch is a more general and complete solution.