Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 20:14:24 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1042424065.a96438@mired.org> To: <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: "FBSDQ" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: LS -L command, year created field contains hour:minute instead of year Message-ID: <15899.35200.921465.719387@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGMEODDCAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGMEODDCAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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In <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGMEODDCAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>, JoeB <barbish@a1poweruser.com> typed: > The LS -L command will display the long info about files > in a directory. FBSD 4.0 through 4.5 LS -L command would > display among other things the month/day/year the file > was created. FBSD versions 4.6 and 4.7 displays the > hour:minute the file was created in the year field instead > of the year. To me this looks like there is a bug in the > routine that populates the file's creation date field upon > creation of the file and the LS -L command is just displaying > what it finds in the year field which has been populated > with incorrect data. > > I am looking for confirmation of my interpretation of the > problem from other FBSD users, before I submit PR on it. I don't think you're looking far enough into the past. The time is displayed if the file was created in the last year. Otherwise, the year is displayed. I don't believe that this behavior has changed recently, and couldn't find anything in the CVS logs indicating that it had. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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