On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:55, Rex Johnston wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > I have a log file that portage would have created when it started > > emergeing openoffice. How do i find out what time it created the file? > > > > ls -lc seems to give me the present time (the file is still being > > written to) > > If no other files have been created in the directory where this log file > is, then the mtime of the directory will give you the info you want. If > not then unless there is a timestamp at the beginning of the log file > your information is unobtainable.
You will find the information you want in /var/log/emerge.log -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
