`touch` doesn't fill in nanoseconds for already-existing files
Originator: | thakis | ||
Number: | rdar://FB8960652 | Date Originated: | |
Status: | Resolved: | ||
Product: | Product Version: | ||
Classification: | Reproducible: |
% rm -f myfile % touch myfile % stat -f %Fm myfile 1609695671.787918115 % touch myfile % stat -f %Fm myfile 1609695678.550313000 The 2nd `touch` (or any `touch` on files/directories that already exist) always sets nanoseconds (the last 3 digits in `stat -f %Fm` output) to 000. Updating the mtime with e.g. `python -c 'open("myfile", "w")'` sets the nanoseconds field correctly.
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Still broken as of macOS 12.2.1
I noticed this too
Thanks, I thought it was just some inherent limitation but your python comment proves otherwise
Now if only we can get a tool to list and copy xattrs on iOS