Re: [Gumstix-users] filesystem timestamps

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Quoting Brian Davidson <bda...@gm...>:

> Does anyone know why the timestamps on files always are Dec 31, 1969
> (I'm sure it's that they are they all 0, and time is measured in
> seconds since Jan 1, 1970)?  Or, what I really care about -- how can
> I get it to record the timestamp when the file was actually created
> (assuming I've set my system clock correctly).

I believe the solution is to run ntpd (network time protocol daemon)
on the gumstix. ntpd queries a time server and updates the local clock.
I think clients are typically configured to reference time servers
at ntp.org or other external servers, but I think it's also possible
to run a time server locally in case an external time server is not
accessible from the gumstix.

ntp can be selected (via make menuconfig) as a package to compile
for the gumstix -- it appears to be disabled by default.

I don't know much about this, so if you get it figured out, I would
be interested to hear about how you made it work.

Hope this helps,
Robert Dodier