From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 15:37:49 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 DF4C0106567A for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:37:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B140E8FC27 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:37:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c-24-22-230-24.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([24.22.230.24] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pdlik-000737-6R for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:37:47 -0800 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:37:45 -0800 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:37:45 -0800 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110114153745.GC21418@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4D2F606D.6090407@gmail.com> <20110113203821.GA3646@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="69pVuxX8awAiJ7fD" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com 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 15:37:50 -0000 --69pVuxX8awAiJ7fD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth n j on Friday, 14 January 2011: > >>> I'm just guessing if there is a way to know a FreeBSD installation da= te. > >>> We can't look after the uname -a ident since an update of the FreeBSD > >>> kernel is possible. >=20 > How about looking at /proc or /mnt? >=20 > On a couple of my boxes that I checked, those files came up being the > oldest and probably match the installation date. >=20 > --=20 > Nino For me, /proc is older, /mnt is newer, than the install date. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com | http://chipstips.= com --69pVuxX8awAiJ7fD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNMG3JAAoJEIpckszW26+RW1sH/RzlNSfXlh1680tj4xpK09NE kLDW7QVH7w9mRaJoZrDb4WI1nMaXafiLxGATRMdwe9DlP2VeBxn3xjfko3UdVmEN mxvWgwL7hnmFPzNAnfybDWsc2OaX6TbGw5AigQzsnoZ+UT8cELvSynwK2K/8MwmC 03NA52nGK3WzFx96vt23keywqLC5GSFlTXQHjxBkgphdTrg9czB/hmi1gvBsQtNk J1VFQbq9mbRRqJY7hlPM0XA3FxBQkXXgN6h1MwDuZkX3rd7wFruZ/wvCw3DGtemB 24u3sCuKmEtv+iXTICjDa2s21Vzx1FoUG3BHny6P3gNuj66iSjABOF+b44bJSGM= =RbsV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --69pVuxX8awAiJ7fD--