[TUHS] When/how did ctime change from inode "creation" to "change" time?

[arnold at skeeve.com]

Rob Pike <robpike at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, it's creation time right after the file is created. I mean that's
> kind of a joke, but also possibly an explanation for the comment, if you
> consider the mindset of the person writing the code at the time. Then they
> worked on the code some more and things moved along.
>
> In short, it could well be an honest, original mistake.

This is what it feels like to me.

FWIW, the "creation time" comment made it's way into the Unix programming
appendix in K&R-1. It was there in the early printings of K&R-2 until
I pointed it out to Brian... :-)

I don't doubt that it being in K&R was also a source of misunderstanding
for many people.

Arnold