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Where are "last modified date" and "last accessed date" saved?
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Mar 15, 20264759 viewsConfidence Score0%
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The title says it all. Where are the mentioned dates (and other file meta data) saved? Are they part of the file or are they separate? If I have a file, modify it so the contents stay the same (delete a letter, then write it back in) ... changing the modified date. Are those two resultant files sti…
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Both timestamps are separate from the file's contents. They are kept along with other metadata in the inode (most Unix filesystems) or the Windows equivalent – the file's entry in the "master file table". In general, this is very specific to the fil…
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