How to find creation date

philip_w · #1 22nd June 2005, 05:07 PM

Hi,

How do I find the creation date of my Fedora Core installation?

philip_w

w5set · #2 22nd June 2005, 05:18 PM

using in a terminal
uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 #1 Thu Jun 2 22:55:56 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
is my kernel/creation date for FC4
will show when the "kernel" was created--each file/app/program/script has a creation date which can vary as to when it was "installed" to when it was added/created into an iso file or rpm--etc
right clicking a file/app/whatever in your desktop with konqueror/nautilus or file browser will give "properties" which lists creation dates but that could be when it was "installed" to your drive--sometimes when it was made/rebuilt by the author--etc.

jtang613 · #3 22nd June 2005, 05:20 PM

Try:

Code:

ls -l /etc/fedora-release
OR
ls -l /etc/passwd

edit: nevermind - these don't work

m2c,
Jason

w5set · #4 22nd June 2005, 05:26 PM

Now are you thoroughly confused after using these commands?
There are a LOT of different people working on these releases and just about any command for different files will show different dates--result is a varied bag of "creation dates"..
and if you have had the install for a few days the command
ls -l /
will really give you a mixed bag of dates..

philip_w · #5 22nd June 2005, 06:15 PM

Thank you very much. I've got it.

philip_w