file creation date in freebsd

2006-06-17 Thread Imran Imtiaz
However we can find the modification date of a file but is it possible that we can also get creation date of the file? regards, Imran Imtiaz ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: file creation date in freebsd

2006-06-17 Thread Mike Jeays
On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 02:44 +0500, Imran Imtiaz wrote: However we can find the modification date of a file but is it possible that we can also get creation date of the file? regards, Imran Imtiaz ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: file creation date in freebsd

2006-06-17 Thread Bill Moran
Imran Imtiaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However we can find the modification date of a file but is it possible that we can also get creation date of the file? There is nothing in the filesystem that stores this info. However, the ctime is often used for this purpose. The ctime stores the last

Re: file creation date in freebsd

2006-06-17 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jun 17), Bill Moran said: Imran Imtiaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However we can find the modification date of a file but is it possible that we can also get creation date of the file? There is nothing in the filesystem that stores this info. However, the ctime is