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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Reason for no directory creation date Post 303029120 by Don Cragun on Monday 21st of January 2019 06:28:44 PM
Old 01-21-2019
Most file system types used on BSD, Linux, and UNIX systems do not save a timestamp indicating when a file was created (and a directory is one type of a "file"). If a frequently used file system type on your system does save file creation timestamps, there is probably an option on the ls utility on your system that will print files' creation dates instead of the last modification time of the file's contents (default), last modification time of the file's metadata (-c option), or the last access time of the file (-u option) when printing a long listing (-l option).

You'll have to check the man page for ls on your system to determine whether or not your system provides such an option and what filesystem types support it, if it does.
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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 Solaris operating system. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available
       in the current Solaris release. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.

SunOS 5.11							    2 Dec 2005								  nisls(1)
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