0001331: pax atime and mtime keyword descriptions should refer to st_atim and st_mtim

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0001331	1003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2	Shell and Utilities	public	2020-04-01 09:14	2024-06-11 09:08

Reporter	geoffclare	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	Editorial	Type	Error
Status	Closed	Resolution	Accepted

Name	Geoff Clare
Organization	The Open Group
User Reference
Section	pax
Page Number	3082, 3084
Line Number	102809, 102881
Interp Status	---
Final Accepted Text


Summary	0001331: pax atime and mtime keyword descriptions should refer to st_atim and st_mtim
Description	When the standard was updated to support finegrained timestamps, a change to pax was missed where it refers to the st_atime and st_mtime members of the stat structure but should now refer to st_atim and st_mtim. Since the text uses the word "member" and there are no stat structure members called st_atime and st_mtime, it is not possible to misinterpret the text as referring somehow to the st_atime and st_mtime macros, and so this should be treated as a minor editorial error. (There is also a reference to an "st_mtime field" in the ar RATIONALE section, but I believe that one should not be changed as it is describing the historical 4.4BSD ar format, and the 4.4BSD stat structure had an st_mtime member, not an st_mtim member.)
Desired Action	On page 3082 line 102809 section pax, change: the st_atime member to: the st_atim member On page 3084 line 102881 section pax, change: the st_mtime member to: the st_mtim member
Tags	tc3-2008

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-04-01 09:14	geoffclare	New Issue
2020-04-01 09:14	geoffclare	Name	=> Geoff Clare
2020-04-01 09:14	geoffclare	Organization	=> The Open Group
2020-04-01 09:14	geoffclare	Section	=> pax
2020-04-01 09:14	geoffclare	Page Number	=> 3082, 3084
2020-04-01 09:14	geoffclare	Line Number	=> 102809, 102881
2020-04-01 09:14	geoffclare	Interp Status	=> ---
2020-04-30 15:57	Don Cragun	Status	New => Resolved
2020-04-30 15:57	Don Cragun	Resolution	Open => Accepted
2020-04-30 15:57	Don Cragun	Tag Attached: tc3-2008
2020-06-04 08:41	geoffclare	Status	Resolved => Applied
2024-06-11 09:08	agadmin	Status	Applied => Closed