Re: Dumb find Question

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 06/12/04 

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:44:36 -0000

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In alt.os.linux WTH <spamsucks@ih8it.com> suggested:
[..]

> Again, you could carry the creation time with the files via copy; however, I
> would prefer the straightforward "whenever the file was actually created at
> this location on disk" method, meaning, I'd find it useful to know when the
> copy occurred. An original and a copy, imho, should not have the same

You and others perhaps overlooked the information your package
manager has to offer among others you get:
 
 date file was installed
 date the package was build

Should be available, at least rpm has this info.

Check the docs of your package manager.

Good luck 

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