From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 13 20:36:27 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30344106566B for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:36:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout030.mac.com (asmtpout030.mac.com [17.148.16.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 186CB8FC13 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:36:26 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp030.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0LEZ00I48AKFI710@asmtp030.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:36:16 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1010190000 definitions=main-1101130131 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2011-01-13_09:2011-01-13, 2011-01-13, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <4D2F606D.6090407@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:36:14 -0800 Message-id: References: <4D2F606D.6090407@gmail.com> To: David Demelier X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Date of a FreeBSD installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:36:27 -0000 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 kernel is possible. > > I think searching a file absolutely not touched ever in the system can helps but which one? Symlinks under /etc are a good choice: # cd /etc ; ls -ltr | head total 1242 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 23 May 26 2001 termcap@ -> /usr/share/misc/termcap lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 13 May 26 2001 rmt@ -> /usr/sbin/rmt Regards, -- -Chuck