05-25-2010
mtime VS atime VS ctime
hi, in trying to maintain your directories, one needs to do some housekeeping like removing old files. the tool "find" comes in handy. but how would you decide which option to use when it comes to, say, deleting files that are older than 5 days?
mtime - last modified
atime - last accessed
ctime - last changed
ctime is quite easy to understand. but mtime and atime? how do you differentiate?
i normally use mtime. would i be missing something if i don't use atime?
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libssh2_scp_send_ex
libssh2_scp_send_ex(3) libssh2 manual libssh2_scp_send_ex(3)
NAME
libssh2_scp_send_ex - Send a file via SCP
SYNOPSIS
#include <libssh2.h>
LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *
libssh2_scp_send_ex(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, const char *path, int mode,
size_t size, long mtime, long atime);
DESCRIPTION
This function has been deemed deprecated since libssh2 1.2.6. See libssh2_scp_send64(3).
session - Session instance as returned by libssh2_session_init_ex(3)
path - Full path and filename of file to transfer to. That is the remote file name.
mode - File access mode to create file with
size - Size of file being transmitted (Must be known ahead of time precisely)
mtime - mtime to assign to file being created
atime - atime to assign to file being created (Set this and mtime to zero to instruct remote host to use current time).
Send a file to the remote host via SCP.
RETURN VALUE
Pointer to a newly allocated LIBSSH2_CHANNEL instance, or NULL on errors.
ERRORS
LIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC - An internal memory allocation call failed.
LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND - Unable to send data on socket.
LIBSSH2_ERROR_SCP_PROTOCOL -
LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN - Marked for non-blocking I/O but the call would block.
AVAILABILITY
This function was marked deprecated in libssh2 1.2.6 as
libssh2_scp_send64(3) has been introduced to replace this function.
SEE ALSO
libssh2_channel_open_ex(3)
libssh2 0.15 1 Jun 2007 libssh2_scp_send_ex(3)