From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 15:37:30 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3028E106566C for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:37:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xaero@xaerolimit.net) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC3F68FC1E for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:37:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyf6 with SMTP id 6so1426946eyf.13 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:37:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.31.209 with SMTP id z17mr849843ebc.12.1295019448379; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:37:28 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.8.142 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:37:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87hbdc4ddd.fsf@oak.localnet> References: <4D2F606D.6090407@gmail.com> <20110113204525.GB3646@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <579FC70C-5B5B-43B4-9E71-D765887FAF6F@mac.com> <20110113210319.GD3646@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <1294955182.10908.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <2062F50F-5D14-496C-A97A-FC4CDB3FDD3F@mac.com> <20110113233016.5de7b7b8.freebsd@edvax.de> <87hbdc4ddd.fsf@oak.localnet> From: Chris Brennan Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:37:08 -0500 Message-ID: To: Carl Johnson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Date of a FreeBSD installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:37:30 -0000 On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Carl Johnson wrote: > How about /var/empty: > > % ls -ldo /var/empty/ > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel schg 512 Jul 18 19:16 /var/empty/ > > It can be changed, but doesn't look likely. > > Ivan's e-mail I think might be a little more accurate chris@ziggy.xaerolimit.net [~]# grep delta /etc/rc.conf && lsl /etc/hostid #-- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Mar 8 19:10:02 2009 # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Tue Oct 26 02:15:25 2010 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 37B Mar 9 2009 /etc/hostid chris@ziggy.xaerolimit.net [~]# whereas, your's gives me a date prior to that. chris@ziggy.xaerolimit.net [~]# ls -ldo /var/empty/ dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel schg 512 Jan 1 2009 /var/empty/ chris@ziggy.xaerolimit.net [~]#