I asked: > I need to determine the time at which time a file was first created. > The most recent edit timestamp is easy, and specifying a file older > than a certain number of days is easy, but I have not had luck with > finding out a way of determining when a particular file was created. > Does anyone know how that would be done? The answer is: It cannot be done. UFS does not keep that information. Several people mentioned gnu and other 3rd party add-ons, but since they would still be reliant upon the underlying filesystem I would be suspicious if they work. Thanks to the many many people who responded. Christopher L. Barnard cbarnar1@earthlink.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------- When I was a boy, I was told that anyone could be president. Now I am beginning to believe it. -- Clarence Darrow _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Thu Sep 11 23:21:24 2008
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