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Old 01-23-2007
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IS there any command to find the file creation time in Unix.
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Old 01-23-2007
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Originally Posted by tinivt
IS there any command to find the file creation time in Unix.
You can't find the file creation time - it isn't stored anywhere. Instead unix stores file modification and last access time.
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Old 01-23-2007
Java Unix file creation time

Thanks a lot
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