Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:01:34 -0800 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Date of a FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <87hbdc4ddd.fsf@oak.localnet> In-Reply-To: <20110113233016.5de7b7b8.freebsd@edvax.de> (Polytropon's message of "Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:30:16 %2B0100") References: <4D2F606D.6090407@gmail.com> <BF2F84C5-AB13-4FE1-AB43-AD965E21980E@mac.com> <20110113204525.GB3646@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <579FC70C-5B5B-43B4-9E71-D765887FAF6F@mac.com> <20110113210319.GD3646@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <1294955182.10908.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <2062F50F-5D14-496C-A97A-FC4CDB3FDD3F@mac.com> <20110113233016.5de7b7b8.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> writes: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:50:27 -0800, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: >> On Jan 13, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >> > This is nearly always accurate on any FreeBSD system (when wanting to >> > query the date the machine was built): >> > >> > ls -l /etc/defaults/rc.conf >> >> I gather that you don't ever run mergemaster, which would update this file? >> My machine installed in 2001 has a Dec 2010 date for that file: >> >> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 36037 Dec 1 14:13 /etc/defaults/rc.conf > > Exactly that was my thought. Maybe a file that is NOT subject > to one of the system upgrade procedures would be better? Maybe > something in /boot? > > % ls -l /etc/defaults/rc.conf > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 34300 Aug 24 2008 /etc/defaults/rc.conf > % ls -l /boot/defaults/loader.conf > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 19426 Aug 24 2008 /boot/defaults/loader.conf > > No, forget about that, also nonsense, looks to new... How about /var/empty: % ls -ldo /var/empty/ dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel schg 512 Jul 18 19:16 /var/empty/ It can be changed, but doesn't look likely. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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