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| author | Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> | 2025-08-05 15:10:24 -0700 |
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| committer | Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> | 2025-08-05 15:10:24 -0700 |
| commit | a99860b13a7f83a74b72beeddc9802e230f60212 (patch) | |
| tree | bae959335810f6fd7793a9a6e20cf315cb22639e /library | |
| parent | 1bb14a8bb79a7dda67d678209b1b731ee1a781b9 (diff) | |
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`File::set_times`: Add documentation about setting directory timestamps
Inspired by https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/123883 .
Diffstat (limited to 'library')
| -rw-r--r-- | library/std/src/fs.rs | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/library/std/src/fs.rs b/library/std/src/fs.rs index 08976ae668e..eb9f99af220 100644 --- a/library/std/src/fs.rs +++ b/library/std/src/fs.rs @@ -1111,6 +1111,10 @@ impl File { /// `futimes` on macOS before 10.13) and the `SetFileTime` function on Windows. Note that this /// [may change in the future][changes]. /// + /// On most platforms, including UNIX and Windows platforms, this function can also change the + /// timestamps of a directory. To do so, open the directory with `File::open`, without + /// attempting to obtain write permission. + /// /// [changes]: io#platform-specific-behavior /// /// # Errors |