Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:47:32 +0100 From: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Date of a FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <AANLkTikoX0wFihE0n=5zr81w3c-Di5vy5W=5-7_C-JQZ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BF2F84C5-AB13-4FE1-AB43-AD965E21980E@mac.com> References: <4D2F606D.6090407@gmail.com> <BF2F84C5-AB13-4FE1-AB43-AD965E21980E@mac.com>
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2011/1/13 Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>: > On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:28 PM, David Demelier wrote: >> I'm just guessing if there is a way to know a FreeBSD installation date.= We can't look after the uname -a ident since an update of the FreeBSD kern= el is possible. >> >> I think searching a file absolutely not touched ever in the system can h= elps but which one? > > > Symlinks under /etc are a good choice: > > # cd /etc ; ls -ltr | head > total 1242 > lrwxrwxrwx =C2=A01 root =C2=A0wheel =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 23 May 26= =C2=A02001 termcap@ -> /usr/share/misc/termcap > lrwxrwxrwx =C2=A01 root =C2=A0wheel =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 13 May 26= =C2=A02001 rmt@ -> /usr/sbin/rmt > > Regards, > -- > -Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > markand@Melon ~ $ cd /etc ; ls -ltr | head total 612 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 19 Jul 04:16 zfs drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 19 Jul 04:16 skel Same that my original post. I have not installed FreeBSD on July but as Chip says the /home symlink is a pretty good choice :-) Thanks --=20 Demelier David
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