John P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > @400000003a8bf1aa33d789ac.s
> > @400000003a8c1ee106d5040c.s
> > @400000003a8cb8c72584e19c.s
> > @400000003a8d8c130207ff24.s
> > @400000003a8ee3b217506fec.s
> > @400000003a90ad7a24735644.u
> > @400000003a90c3cd0b5ae604.u
>
> Is there an easy way to convert these filenames to dates etc. (or any
> sequential coding eg. messages.0, messages.1 etc) for past reference?
Those are sequential, in fact, just not contiguous. Any alphabetical sort
on them will always give them to you sorted oldest-to-newest, just like if
they were named "log.1", "log.2", etc. And as someone else suggested,
`ls | tai64nlocal` works a treat for figuring out when it was rotated out.
Charles
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