how do I pull the create date of a file into a variable? 1

[dmodele]

hello,

does anyone know of a command that when given a file as its arguement returns the created date of the file?

It seems that this is not possible in Unix.. I searched the entire web for an answer and couldnt find it!

any help would be appreciated!

-dm

 

[PHV]

AFAIK no one unix system keep tracks of creation date, just last access, last modification and last inode change.

Hope This Help, PH.
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