file created/accessed dates

plainkeyman · 10-26-2005, 05:42 PM

how do i view file creation/accessed dates with ls ?

Code:

ls -l

this will show me the modified dates, but i want to see created/accessed as well. how do i do this?

thanx

bigrigdriver · 10-26-2005, 07:35 PM

ls -clt <filename> to show creation time.
ls -mlt <filename> to show modification time.

plainkeyman · 10-27-2005, 11:00 AM

hmm somethings not working right, i have a file i know i created a long time ago. i write to this file nearly everyday. both commands you mentioned produced the same date.

i am using slackware 10.2 with reiserfs

bigrigdriver · 10-27-2005, 06:33 PM

That's odd. I tried the commands under SuSE 9.3 before I posted. I got different results for the same file.

It's either a Slackjaw problem, or a ReiserFS problem.

Tinkster · 10-27-2005, 07:34 PM

Linux doesn't even keep track of creation times.

And to get the access time use
ls -ul

Code:

-m     fill width with a comma separated list of entries

Cheers,
Tink