Chip Camden <[email protected]> writes: > Quoth Carl Johnson on Thursday, 13 January 2011: >> Polytropon <[email protected]> writes: >> >> > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:50:27 -0800, Chuck Swiger <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Jan 13, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >> >> > This is nearly always accurate on any FreeBSD system (when wanting to >> >> > query the date the machine was built): >> >> > >> >> > ls -l /etc/defaults/rc.conf >> >> >> >> I gather that you don't ever run mergemaster, which would update this >> >> file? >> >> My machine installed in 2001 has a Dec 2010 date for that file: >> >> >> >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 36037 Dec 1 14:13 /etc/defaults/rc.conf >> > >> > Exactly that was my thought. Maybe a file that is NOT subject >> > to one of the system upgrade procedures would be better? Maybe >> > something in /boot? >> > >> > % ls -l /etc/defaults/rc.conf >> > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 34300 Aug 24 2008 /etc/defaults/rc.conf >> > % ls -l /boot/defaults/loader.conf >> > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 19426 Aug 24 2008 /boot/defaults/loader.conf >> > >> > No, forget about that, also nonsense, looks to new... >> >> 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. > > On my system, it gives a date several months in advance of my install > date (Nov 21 2009).
Oops, you're right. I just checked and it is a few days before I actually installed mine, so that is probably when the ISO was built. -- Carl Johnson [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
