module Puppet Puppet::Type.type(:file).newproperty(:ctime) do desc %q{A read-only state to check the file ctime. On most modern \*nix-like systems, this is the time of the most recent change to the owner, group, permissions, or content of the file.} def retrieve current_value = :absent if stat = @resource.stat current_value = stat.ctime end current_value end validate do |val| fail "ctime is read-only" end end end