What is the timing of home directory's time stamp changing?

[Chen Yingjie]

As above subject mentioned, I would like to ask someone advise me.

When create a home directory, its time stampe is the mkdir date/time.

When we create a file in that home directory, will the home directory's time stamp be changed?

Regards

[KapilRaj]

Yes

Regds,

Kaps

[SureshKumar_2]

Hi

Yes, certainly It will get change. Since it has to be updated, with new file and inode entry

regards
suresh

[Michael Tully]

Yes.

When a file is created, the date/time of the directory above it will change. If you have a sub-directrory below and a file is added etc the top level directory does not.

e.g.
/home/myhomedir
I copy a file there, yes directory gets updated.
/home/myhomedir/scripts
If I copy a file there, onlt the scripts directory date/time changes, not /home/myhomedir

[Mark Grant]

As implied above, anything that requires the directory to change will update the time stamp. A directory is just a file which contains a filenames and inode numbers. Creating a file in the directory, removing a file, "mv"ing a file all require the entry in the directory for that file to be modified and therefore the timestamp.