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how to save NTFS time creation stamps onto ext4

Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:38 pm
Is there a way to backup (copy) data with their time creation stamps from a NTFS filesystem to a ext4 filesystem?
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Re: how to save NTFS time creation stamps onto ext4

Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:10 pm
The switch "-p" (--preserve) to the 'cp' command should help you here.
You could also use rsync.

I do not know if this is possible through the KDE interface though.

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Re: how to save NTFS time creation stamps onto ext4

Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:22 pm
http://computer-forensics.sans.org/blog ... timestamps
There's a "crtime" (create time) timestamp in the debugfs stat output. Yes, EXT4 finally supports a "born on" time (btime) like NTFS, giving the timestamp for when the file was created within the disk volume.

I cannot see the creation timestamp when I right-click the file and view properties in Dolphin, also rsync -a does not seem to copy the timestamp.
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Re: how to save NTFS time creation stamps onto ext4

Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:36 pm
Unfortunately it seems that only modification timestamps are supported by most tools.
You could also try with tar.

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