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Old 05-31-2010
find file creation time
Hello folks,

I have a file, but it change every seconds, i use stats command to check its creation time, but it shows access,modify and change time same. Is there any other way to see the file creation date/time?

Thanks
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Old 05-31-2010
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Originally Posted by learnbash
Hello folks,

I have a file, but it change every seconds, i use stats command to check its creation time, but it shows access,modify and change time same. Is there any other way to see the file creation date/time?

Thanks
You can't, it isn't stored anywhere, so the answer is: NO.
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Old 05-31-2010
I suggest that when you create the file, you specify the date and time with/in the file name.
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