+/* Return *ST's birth time, if available; otherwise return a value
+ with negative tv_nsec. */
+static inline struct timespec
+get_stat_birthtime (struct stat const *st)
+{
+ struct timespec t;
+
+#if (defined HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BIRTHTIMESPEC_TV_NSEC \
+ || defined HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BIRTHTIM_TV_NSEC)
+ t = STAT_TIMESPEC (st, st_birthtim);
+#elif defined HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BIRTHTIMENSEC
+ t.tv_sec = st->st_birthtime;
+ t.tv_nsec = st->st_birthtimensec;
+#elif (defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && ! defined __CYGWIN__
+ /* Woe32 native platforms (but not Cygwin) put the "file creation
+ time" in st_ctime (!). See
+ <http://msdn2.microsoft.com/de-de/library/14h5k7ff(VS.80).aspx>. */
+ t.tv_sec = st->st_ctime;
+ t.tv_nsec = 0;
+#else
+ /* Birth time is not supported. Set tv_sec to avoid undefined behavior. */
+ t.tv_sec = -1;
+ t.tv_nsec = -1;
+#endif
+
+#if (defined HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BIRTHTIMESPEC_TV_NSEC \
+ || defined HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BIRTHTIM_TV_NSEC \
+ || defined HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BIRTHTIMENSEC)
+ /* FreeBSD and NetBSD sometimes signal the absence of knowledge by
+ using zero. Attempt to work around this problem. Alas, this can
+ report failure even for valid time stamps. Also, NetBSD
+ sometimes returns junk in the birth time fields; work around this
+ bug if it it is detected. There's no need to detect negative
+ tv_nsec junk as negative tv_nsec already indicates an error. */
+ if (t.tv_sec == 0 || 1000000000 <= t.tv_nsec)
+ t.tv_nsec = -1;
+#endif
+
+ return t;
+}
+