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authorariasuni <perso@hack-libre.org>2018-11-21 23:39:33 +0100
committerariasuni <perso@hack-libre.org>2018-11-22 02:36:11 +0100
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parent0b9f19dff1347e29bf4362ab5a8fab84b43023b5 (diff)
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Make std::os::unix/linux::fs::MetadataExt::a/m/ctime* documentation clearer
Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstd')
-rw-r--r--src/libstd/os/linux/fs.rs18
-rw-r--r--src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/fs.rs18
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/os/linux/fs.rs b/src/libstd/os/linux/fs.rs
index 76fb10da850..b518f524e0b 100644
--- a/src/libstd/os/linux/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/os/linux/fs.rs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ pub trait MetadataExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "metadata_ext2", since = "1.8.0")]
     fn st_size(&self) -> u64;
-    /// Returns the last access time.
+    /// Returns the last access time of the file, in seconds since Unix Epoch.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -208,7 +208,9 @@ pub trait MetadataExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "metadata_ext2", since = "1.8.0")]
     fn st_atime(&self) -> i64;
-    /// Returns the last access time, nano seconds part.
+    /// Returns the last access time of the file, in nanoseconds since [`st_atime`].
+    ///
+    /// [`st_atime`]: #tymethod.st_atime
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ pub trait MetadataExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "metadata_ext2", since = "1.8.0")]
     fn st_atime_nsec(&self) -> i64;
-    /// Returns the last modification time.
+    /// Returns the last modification time of the file, in seconds since Unix Epoch.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -242,7 +244,9 @@ pub trait MetadataExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "metadata_ext2", since = "1.8.0")]
     fn st_mtime(&self) -> i64;
-    /// Returns the last modification time, nano seconds part.
+    /// Returns the last modification time of the file, in nanoseconds since [`st_mtime`].
+    ///
+    /// [`st_mtime`]: #tymethod.st_mtime
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -259,7 +263,7 @@ pub trait MetadataExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "metadata_ext2", since = "1.8.0")]
     fn st_mtime_nsec(&self) -> i64;
-    /// Returns the last status change time.
+    /// Returns the last status change time of the file, in seconds since Unix Epoch.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -276,7 +280,9 @@ pub trait MetadataExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "metadata_ext2", since = "1.8.0")]
     fn st_ctime(&self) -> i64;
-    /// Returns the last status change time, nano seconds part.
+    /// Returns the last status change time of the file, in nanoseconds since [`st_ctime`].
+    ///
+    /// [`st_ctime`]: #tymethod.st_ctime
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/fs.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/fs.rs
index 507e9d88171..7e65bbdef2a 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/fs.rs
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ pub trait MetadataExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "metadata_ext", since = "1.1.0")]
     fn size(&self) -> u64;
-    /// Returns the time of the last access to the file.
+    /// Returns the last access time of the file, in seconds since Unix Epoch.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -539,7 +539,9 @@ pub trait MetadataExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "metadata_ext", since = "1.1.0")]
     fn atime(&self) -> i64;
-    /// Returns the time of the last access to the file in nanoseconds.
+    /// Returns the last access time of the file, in nanoseconds since [`atime`].
+    ///
+    /// [`atime`]: #tymethod.atime
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -556,7 +558,7 @@ pub trait MetadataExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "metadata_ext", since = "1.1.0")]
     fn atime_nsec(&self) -> i64;
-    /// Returns the time of the last modification of the file.
+    /// Returns the last modification time of the file, in seconds since Unix Epoch.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -573,7 +575,9 @@ pub trait MetadataExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "metadata_ext", since = "1.1.0")]
     fn mtime(&self) -> i64;
-    /// Returns the time of the last modification of the file in nanoseconds.
+    /// Returns the last modification time of the file, in nanoseconds since [`mtime`].
+    ///
+    /// [`mtime`]: #tymethod.mtime
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -590,7 +594,7 @@ pub trait MetadataExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "metadata_ext", since = "1.1.0")]
     fn mtime_nsec(&self) -> i64;
-    /// Returns the time of the last status change of the file.
+    /// Returns the last status change time of the file, in seconds since Unix Epoch.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -607,7 +611,9 @@ pub trait MetadataExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "metadata_ext", since = "1.1.0")]
     fn ctime(&self) -> i64;
-    /// Returns the time of the last status change of the file in nanoseconds.
+    /// Returns the last status change time of the file, in nanoseconds since [`ctime`].
+    ///
+    /// [`ctime`]: #tymethod.ctime
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///