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Index: head/lib/libc/sys/stat.2
===================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/sys/stat.2
+++ head/lib/libc/sys/stat.2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)stat.2 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/1/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd November 11, 2018
+.Dd December 5, 2018
.Dt STAT 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -193,45 +193,53 @@
.Bl -tag -width ".Va st_birthtim"
.It Va st_atim
Time when file data was last accessed.
-Changed by the
-.Xr mknod 2 ,
-.Xr utimes 2 ,
+Changed implicitly by syscalls such as
.Xr read 2
and
-.Xr readv 2
-system calls.
+.Xr readv 2 ,
+and explicitly by
+.Xr utimes 2 .
.It Va st_mtim
Time when file data was last modified.
-Changed by the
+Changed implicitly by syscalls such as
+.Xr truncate 2 ,
+.Xr write 2 ,
+and
+.Xr writev 2 ,
+and explicitly by
+.Xr utimes 2 .
+Also, any syscall which modifies directory content changes the
+.Va st_mtim
+for the affected directory.
+For instance,
+.Xr creat 2 ,
.Xr mkdir 2 ,
-.Xr mkfifo 2 ,
-.Xr mknod 2 ,
-.Xr utimes 2 ,
-.Xr write 2
+.Xr rename 2 ,
+.Xr link 2 ,
and
-.Xr writev 2
-system calls.
+.Xr unlink 2 .
.It Va st_ctim
Time when file status was last changed (inode data modification).
-Changed by the
+Changed implicitly by any syscall that affects file metadata, including
+.Va st_mtim ,
+such as
.Xr chflags 2 ,
.Xr chmod 2 ,
.Xr chown 2 ,
+.Xr truncate 2 ,
+.Xr utimes 2 ,
+and
+.Xr write 2 .
+Also, any syscall which modifies directory content changes the
+.Va st_ctim
+for the affected directory.
+For instance,
.Xr creat 2 ,
-.Xr link 2 ,
.Xr mkdir 2 ,
-.Xr mkfifo 2 ,
-.Xr mknod 2 ,
.Xr rename 2 ,
-.Xr rmdir 2 ,
-.Xr symlink 2 ,
-.Xr truncate 2 ,
-.Xr unlink 2 ,
-.Xr utimes 2 ,
-.Xr write 2
+.Xr link 2 ,
and
-.Xr writev 2
-system calls.
+.Xr unlink 2 .
.It Va st_birthtim
Time when the inode was created.
.El

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