Subject: : Confirmation of the initial creation date of directories in Linux environ

Munawar Shah · 02-03-2012, 01:41 AM

How can I find initial creation date of directories in Linux environment along with actual size?

b0uncer · 02-03-2012, 02:33 AM

It may not be possible; typically only three kinds of times are recorded on Linux filesystems (and reported by the tools): access, change and modification. If you want to know a creation date for some reason, you should record it yourself somewhere when you create the directory. See for example

Code:

man stat

for some more information.

The size of the directory can mean several things, in the simplest case either the size taken by the "directory itself", or the size of all the data "contained in the directory". See

Code:

man ls
man du

for example.

XavierP · 02-04-2012, 05:47 AM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux-Newbie and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.