From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 13 20:45:30 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 375B71065674 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:45:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F22438FC16 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:45:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c-24-22-230-24.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([24.22.230.24] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PdU2u-0007fk-Ne for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:45:25 -0800 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:45:25 -0800 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:45:25 -0800 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110113204525.GB3646@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4D2F606D.6090407@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com 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 20:45:30 -0000 --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chuck Swiger on Thursday, 13 January 2011: > 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 ker= nel is possible. > >=20 > > I think searching a file absolutely not touched ever in the system can = helps but which one? >=20 >=20 > Symlinks under /etc are a good choice: >=20 > # 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 >=20 > Regards, > --=20 > -Chuck >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" On my system, /etc/termcap has the date well after my installation (Jun 28 2010) and /etc/rmt dates to well before (Nov 21 2009). I first installed FreeBSD on this system on Apr 1 2010. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com | http://chipstips.= com --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNL2RlAAoJEIpckszW26+RkakH/jdhZZaRj4OfFFkXFwwKTohP m2AU/ffuJIZ8ltNiV9bcqCa4DC4wU57l3oSpo9HHxVpPi64y06vyWJfeyR46T/0Z /6u6v5twzdEBeXJqN9xcyhB8KpUaNXKnP+rPt1r9KuGRbljNCYk1Txl+l6yLsYO6 FIWfSUawyTx9NT6KUxLtAygFSrlOKuChvAaPwhY6evHQa/XN8yIsAB2cP6Q+Rm5E SSFyYT0/MbSbDXIz//JaL++E0wqvq6cAsvlL+Khqr3dw1ZkH2SWaxC555r1DiCni K5BlY0PHvSMXqaj0e3xjRElCFp3s/XhmtiR4DPSz8JwBvVEga/Z2A43giqJfN30= =OLCE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7--