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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers date information of a directory Post 302078268 by manthasirisha on Thursday 29th of June 2006 08:37:12 AM
Old 06-29-2006
From man ls,

.. ls -l option gives a long listing of files along with mode, ACL indication, number of links, owner, group etc.. The date/time you see there is the time of last modification of the file / directory. So, isn't it logical if any file(s) in that directory do not have the same modification date as the directory itself?

U many try copying an old directory to another location and observe the timestamps of this new directory and its contents...hope this helps.

Goodluck,
Sirisha
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUSE

nisls

nisls(1)                                                           User Commands                                                          nisls(1)

NAME

       nisls - list the contents of a NIS+ directory

SYNOPSIS

       nisls [-dglLmMR] [name...]

DESCRIPTION

       For  each name that is a NIS+ directory, nisls lists the contents of the directory. For each name that is a NIS+ object other than a direc-
       tory, nisls simply echos the name. If no name is specified, the first directory in the search path is listed. See nisdefaults(1).

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -d       Treat  NIS+ directories like other NIS+ objects, rather than listing their contents.

       -g       Display group owner instead of owner when listing in long format.

       -l       List in long format. This option displays additional information about the objects such as their type, creation time,  owner,  and
                access rights.

                The access rights are listed in the following order in long mode: nobody, owner, group owner, and world.

       -L       This option specifies that links are to be followed. If name actually points to a link, it is followed to the linked object.

       -m       Display modification time instead of creation time when listing in long format.

       -M       Master  only.  This  specifies that information is to be returned from the master server of the named object. This guarantees that
                the most up to date information is seen at the possible expense that the master server may be busy.

       -R       List directories recursively. This option will reiterate the list for each subdirectory found in the process of listing each name.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       NIS_PATH                If this variable is set, and the NIS+ name is not fully qualified, each directory specified will be searched  until
                               the object is found. See nisdefaults(1).

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0        Successful operation.

       1        Operation failed.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWnisu                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       nisdefaults(1), nisgrpadm(1), nismatch(1), nistbladm(1), nis_objects(3NSL), attributes(5)

NOTES

       NIS+  might  not  be  supported in future releases of the SolarisTM Operating Environment. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are
       available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.

SunOS 5.10                                                          10 Dec 2001                                                           nisls(1)
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