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Old 01-19-2011
Listing file name and date

Hello.

I want to make an unix script which create a file with the name and the date of creation of the different files that there are in a directory.

Can do you please help me?


Thank you in advance.
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Old 01-19-2011
Of course we can help...
after seeing what you have done so far in order to help you succeed in your work
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Old 01-19-2011
Code:
man ls

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Old 01-20-2011
There is no "date of creation" file timestamp in unix. The nearest is "time of last modification of the inode" (see the "-c" option in "ls") but this timestamp is overwritten by some backup software and also by permissions commands such as "chmod".
Most people only use the "last modification" timestamp which is also the default timestamp displayed by "ls".
 
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