How do I find file creation date

[gbell]

I know how to check last modified date and date last accessed but I am unable to find the command to show me when a file was created.

The platform is HP-UX 11.11

Thanks in advance
Greg

 

[vgersh99]

you might find this url useful:

http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=...selm=uqp1vn4u9tvf5b@corp.supernews.com&rnum=3

vlad
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[gbell]

Thanks Vlad,

I was looking for something quick & dirty, a UNIX command. I gather from your response there isn't one.

Regards
Greg

 

[SamBones]

There are only three times kept for each file, the last access time, the last modification time, and the last status change time.

If you have a C compiler, try this (I called mine filedates.c)...

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <time.h>

int main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
    struct stat     filestats;

    if ( argc != 2 )
        {
        fprintf(stderr, &quot;filedates: incorrect number of parameters!\n&quot;);
        return( -1 );
        }

    if( stat(argv[1], &filestats) )
        {
        fprintf(stderr, &quot;filedates: Couldn't get file stats for %s!\n&quot;, argv[1]);
        return( -1 );
        }

    printf(&quot;         File Name: %s\n&quot;, argv[1]);
    printf(&quot;              Size: %ld\n&quot;, filestats.st_size);
    printf(&quot;  Last Access Time: %s&quot;, asctime(localtime(&filestats.st_atime)));
    printf(&quot;     Last Mod Time: %s&quot;, asctime(localtime(&filestats.st_mtime)));
    printf(&quot;Last Stat Chg Time: %s&quot;, asctime(localtime(&filestats.st_ctime)));

    return(0);
}

This will give you something like...
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$ filedates filedates.c
File Name: filedates.c
Size: 1174
Last Access Time: Wed Oct 29 13:44:48 2003
Last Mod Time: Wed Oct 29 13:44:40 2003
Last Stat Chg Time: Wed Oct 29 13:44:40 2003
$ cat filedates.c
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Hope this helps.

 

[Annihilannic]

Also ls -l shows the last modified time, ls -lu shows the last accessed time, and ls -lc shows the last status change time.

Annihilannic.