Sponsored Content
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Command to find out user creation date Post 302102030 by SkySmart on Monday 8th of January 2007 03:55:40 AM
Old 01-08-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by SkySmart
just a thought. but i'm almost certain if you do a ls -ld on the home directory of the user that should bring you closer to the exact date it was created.

ls -ld /home/user'shomedirectory (check the 6th and 7th columns)

actually, this can be wrong since the 6th and 7th columns date gets updated each time the contents of the directory changes.

however, depending on the frequency of the user's usages you can do a ls -ltcr in the user's home directory and look at the date of oldest file in there.
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

user account creation date

hi, i tried searching the forum for a thread about this, but came up empty handed. is there a way to pull a list of all user accounts, with the associated creation date? thanks in advance! (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: lilweezy
2 Replies

2. AIX

User ID creation date

Dear All, I'd like to know is there any way to determine when a user id created in AIX? Thanks, Istvan (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: istvan.banai
2 Replies

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Find user password expiry date

Does anyone know a simple way to find out the expiry date of my UNIX user password? I do not have root access to the box. Surely there is a way to so this... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: oztoma
4 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

how to find creation date of file

Hi, I just need to know way of getting date of file when it was created. eg i have a file abc created on 23 aug. Now i need to know date of file i.e. 23 aug. How can i get that data. Thanks Sarbjit (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: sarbjit
7 Replies

5. Solaris

Creation Date of Solaris User

Hi, I am using Solaris 10. How could I find when a solaris user was created? thanks and regards (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: fahdmirza
4 Replies

6. OS X (Apple)

How to get the file creation date with find command

Is it possible to find all files based on the date of creation? And if so, how? I've been looking at the find command but it seems that only modification times are used as an option. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Straitsfan
1 Replies

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Select all files in a folder based on creation date (ls command)

Hi All, <Re-posting in Correct group> I'm trying to select all the files in a folder that starts with a particular name format and are created in a gven date range using 'ls' command...but i'm not successful.... Example : I'm trying to see all the text files in a folder who names start... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Satya C1
6 Replies

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Unable to find files, those can be present anywhere in the directory tree,based on its creation date

Hi I am unable to find files, those are present anywhere in the same directory tree, based on the creation date. I need to find the files with their path, as I need to create them in another location and move them. I need some help with a script that may do the job. Please help (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sam192837465
2 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Find week of the year for given date using date command inside awk

Hi all, Need an urgent help on the below scenario. script: awk -F"," 'BEGIN { #some variable assignment} { #some calculation and put values in array} END { year=#getting it from array and assume this will be 2014 month=#getting it from array and this will be 05 date=#... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: vijaidhas
7 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Script to copy creation date over top of modified date?

Can someone draw up a script that for every file, folder and subfolder and files that will copy the creation date over top of the modified date?? I know how to touch every file recursively, but no idea how to read a files creation date then use that to touch the modification date of that file,... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: toysareforboys
3 Replies
XCAL_CAL(1)						      General Commands Manual						       XCAL_CAL(1)

NAME
xcal_cal - interface to calendar(1) for xcal SYNOPSIS
xcal_cal [ -d directory ] [ -f file ] [ -m ] [ -# ] DESCRIPTION
Xcal_cal reads through the files created by xcal(1) and creates a file suitable for use by calendar(1). By default, the files are found in a directory named ``Calendar'' in the user's home directory; an alternate directory may be specified with the -d flag. Output goes by default into a file named ``.xcal'' in the user's home directory; it may be overridden with the -f flag. In both cases, if the argument given begins with a slash (`/'), then it will be taken as a full path name, not as a path relative to the user's home direc- tory. If the argument begins with the two character sequence `./' then it will be taken relative to the current directory. This last form is primarily intended for use while debugging. The -m flag directs that multi-line entries in xcal files be collected in their entirety. By default, only the first line is copied. SEE ALSO
xcal(1),xcalev(1),xcalpr(1) AUTHOR
Ed Gould, Mt.Xinu. Thanks Ed. XCAL_CAL(1)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:27 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy