From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 13 20:47:34 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 562671065679 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:47:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from demelier.david@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10F4E8FC13 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:47:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyf3 with SMTP id 3so873838gyf.13 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:47:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=qhtFNezlOSt+tpEkTK7L4g1ITki9Pg52KnYj4w/o/GI=; b=mZAbKIZisHLeKj1DnYVf0UlbX4lhiPe4UIYqG6m++c3ZmtnUfj7BwYcQTZWxBOz3LI JHcWndxhahtBrmQmnlWzPPSKc0dwNb9POdyZz/Io4h2mUm8C8Uh4kuYmdyHSFzUb3cnT CxIZWBYyWCxV6so/amX7Ys6nJGb53q1ECqLw4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HqQQHLr/CxNgm3ZYPDSv1tifMuR/3nsbcxhutJwVE3eulBRRsGojuqlEH8jyvxo7km ZOlf2+w1m/Wx9EhZaxJfpwxpNsAp8395wEcw09OC2WQSp/ctkJqQyi4Whwy2Op7b3SaJ DEXLO0+vKYEKiw8zXmrdnEqvoXaeuVbZNG2XI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.115.5 with SMTP id n5mr141864agc.199.1294951652590; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:47:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.71.14 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:47:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4D2F606D.6090407@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:47:32 +0100 Message-ID: From: David DEMELIER To: Chuck Swiger Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 20:47:34 -0000 2011/1/13 Chuck Swiger : > 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 kern= el is possible. >> >> I think searching a file absolutely not touched ever in the system can h= elps but which one? > > > Symlinks under /etc are a good choice: > > # cd /etc ; ls -ltr | head > total 1242 > lrwxrwxrwx =C2=A01 root =C2=A0wheel =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 23 May 26= =C2=A02001 termcap@ -> /usr/share/misc/termcap > lrwxrwxrwx =C2=A01 root =C2=A0wheel =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 13 May 26= =C2=A02001 rmt@ -> /usr/sbin/rmt > > Regards, > -- > -Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > markand@Melon ~ $ cd /etc ; ls -ltr | head total 612 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 19 Jul 04:16 zfs drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 19 Jul 04:16 skel Same that my original post. I have not installed FreeBSD on July but as Chip says the /home symlink is a pretty good choice :-) Thanks --=20 Demelier David