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FileManager: Support setting .creationDate where possible #1906

Description

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Describe the bug
FileManager claims to support setting .creationDate, but it doesn't.

The implementation of FileManager.replaceItemAt in corelibs-foundation uses this API: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-corelibs-foundation/blob/f9c1d4eee71957c49eb66fd8fb5dac856d0efbf4/Sources/Foundation/FileManager%2BPOSIX.swift#L479-L491

This missing functionality caused us to comment out a test on swiftlang/swift-corelibs-foundation#5443

To Reproduce
Sample code to reproduce the behavior.

let myDate = Date.now
try FileManager.default.setAttributes([.creationDate : myDate], ofItemAtPath: "mypath.txt")
let attrs = try FileManager.default.attributesOfItem(atPath: "mypath.txt")
assert(attrs[.creationDate] == myDate) // fails

Expected behavior
I expect the attribute to be set or an error to be thrown on platforms where it's not supported. If an error can't be thrown on those platforms due to compatibility, at least some very clear documentation on .creationDate.

Configuration (please complete the following information):

  • Swift Version: main
  • OS: Ubuntu
  • OS Version: noble

Regression information:
If applicable, please list older versions where this issue did not occur.

Additional context
It may not be possible to set creation date on Linux (see context: swiftlang/swift-corelibs-foundation#5443 (comment)) in which case I'd expect either good documentation or an error to be thrown.

The code path seems to end up at this TODO:

// Exclude some attributes (like .creationDate) from this check since they are unconditionally, implicitly included in `attributesForItem(atPath:)` results
if attributes.keys.contains(where: { _swiftFoundationUnsupportedKeys.contains($0) }) {
throw CocoaError.errorWithFilePath(.featureUnsupported, path)
} else {
return // TODO: support relevant cat info keys in swift-foundation
}

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