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jimberger

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hello,

i am trying to find out the date when the operating system was built. i know on linux i can do uname -a and that will tell me but how do i do this on solaris 8. any ideas?

thanks
jim
 
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try showrev and see if this is the info you're looking for.
 
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mmmm
showrev give you the kernel creation date at the manufacter
you ask for installation date on your system??
i would try a 'pkginfo -l' of a very primitive package
mybe: pkgifo -l SUNWdat and look at the value of INSTDATE
:)
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