[ale] stat question

[mrideout at windserve.com (Matt Rideout)]

mtime is the last time that the file contents were changed, while ctime
is the last time that anything else tied to the file's inode were changed.

Running chmod, for example, will update the ctime, but not the mtime.
Appending something to the file will update both.

Geoffrey wrote:
> Regarding the stat command what is the difference between:
>
> Time of last modification
> Time of last change
>
>