Date of a FreeBSD installation

[RW]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:32:13 -0800
Chip Camden <sterling at camdensoftware.com> wrote:

> > sodserve# stat -f "%SB %N" /*
> > Jan  9 04:54:21 2011 /COPYRIGHT
> > Jan  9 04:54:21 2011 /bin
> > Jan  9 04:54:21 2011 /boot
> > Dec 31 18:59:59 1969 /dev
> > Jan  9 04:54:21 2011 /etc
> > Jan  9 04:54:21 2011 /lib
> > Jan  9 04:54:21 2011 /libexec

> > 
> > sodserve# stat -f "%SB %N" /
> > Jan  9 04:39:59 2011 /
> 
> For me, that gets the Nov 21 2009 date, which is earlier than my
> install date.
> 
> So far, /etc/hostid and the /home symlink seem to be the winners.
> 
I think you'd have to look at a few dates. hostid hasn't been around
all that long, so it could have the date of the first boot after the
change was picked-up. There are legitimate reasons for modifying or
creating a /home symlink.