Questions about exacting or editing the metadata (creation-date, modified, author etc.) of a file.
Questions tagged [file-metadata]
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File Creation Date Inconsistent Between Windows and Linux
I need to get the creation date for some files on a network share. When accessing the file on Windows it shows the correct date.
When I switch to Linux and run the stat command on the same file it is different.
Birth: 2022-04-06 12:42:10.539775652…
Caleb
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How to find out the extra meta data size written by process in linux?
I am currently doing a comparison of fsync vs fdatasync in linux, to see how much more data is written to the disk in fsync.
I have tried using iotops and checked /proc//io file to check if it indicated any data written more than the writes…
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How to strip all metadata from any file type?
I am looking into contributing to software for whistleblowers, and need the ability to best support privacy of their submissions. Which would include stripping all metadata from the files they upload. For metadata that cannot be removed (eg. certain…
balupton
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View detailed MetaData on old DOS files
I'm trying to get detailed information on how to view metadata of files recovered from a faulty drive, on Linux Mint 18. The files are from an old computer running Windows 2000 and DOS.
I've tried checking for this information by right-clicking the…
Caturday Saint
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Can I create a file without metadata?
As a follow up of my related question, is it possible to create a file without metadata? Or alternatively, can I remove all metadata of a given file?
This is quite a "philosophical issue". If this were possible, then, given my previous question, it…
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