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Operating System Specific Parameters

Created
2003-10-31
Last Updated
2024-06-11
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OS Specific Fact Names

Registration Procedure(s)
First Come First Served
Reference
[RFC3659]
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OS Name OS Specific Fact Name Definition of the Syntax of the Fact Value Specification of Semantics Reference
Unix Unix.ctime "time-val" from [RFC3659]

From IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 XBD 4.7 "File Times Update" [http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap04.html#tag_04_07]: "st_ctime is associated with the times that the file status is changed."

This is clarified in the operations described throughout IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 XSH 3 "System Interfaces."

Although IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 only considers st_ctime as having second resolution, platform-specific extensions exist that provide st_ctime semantics but with sub-second resolution. Unix.ctime values from such platforms MAY use such finer-grain resolution.

[Paul_Millar]
Unix Unix.atime "time-val" from [RFC3659]

From IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 XBD 4.7 "File Times Update" [http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap04.html#tag_04_07]: "The st_atime field is associated with the times that the file data is accessed."

This is clarified in the operations described throughout IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 XSH 3 "System Interfaces."

Although IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 only considers st_atime as having second resolution, platform-specific extensions exist that provide st_atime semantics but with sub-second resolution. Unix.atime values from such platforms MAY use such finer-grain resolution.

For performance reasons, some platforms allow operations to delay or suppress updates to st_atime. FTP servers on such platforms MAY refrain from publishing the Unix.atime fact.

[Paul_Millar]
Unix Unix.ownername "1*RCHAR" from [RFC3659]

File owner name, as mapped from the numeric owner ID, by the operating system.

[TJ_Saunders]
Unix Unix.groupname "1*RCHAR" from [RFC3659]

File group name, as mapped from the numeric group ID, by the operating system.

[TJ_Saunders]

OS Specific Filetypes

Registration Procedure(s)
First Come First Served
Reference
[RFC3659][RFC Errata 6252]
Available Formats

CSV
OS Name OS Specific File Type Definition of the Syntax of the Fact Value Specification of Semantics Reference
UNIX fifo N/A FIFO special file (S_IFIFO) [Single Unix Specification][Simon_Kissane]
UNIX slink N/A Symbolic link (S_IFLNK) [Single Unix Specification][Simon_Kissane]
UNIX socket N/A Socket (S_IFSOCK) [Single Unix Specification][Simon_Kissane]
UNIX blk N/A Block special file (S_IFBLK) [Single Unix Specification][Simon_Kissane]
UNIX chr N/A Character special file (S_IFCHR) [Single Unix Specification][Simon_Kissane]

Contact Information

ID Name Contact URI Last Updated
[Paul_Millar] Paul Millar mailto:paul.millar&desy.de 2014-03-20
[Simon_Kissane] Simon Kissane mailto:skissane&gmail.com 2020-08-12
[TJ_Saunders] TJ Saunders mailto:tj&castaglia.org 2016-11-15