topic Re: Checking if file's modification and access time is changed in Operating System - Linux

Checking if file's modification and access time is changed

Danny Fang — Wed, 18 May 2005 08:04:43 GMT

Hi,
May I know what is the command to check if a particular file has had its access and modification time changed in a Red Hat 8?

Thanks
Danny

Re: Checking if file's modification and access time is changed

RAC_1 — Wed, 18 May 2005 08:30:44 GMT

Check the options to ls command. On other unix flavors, following can be done and I am sure you have equivalent ls options on redhat.

ls -cl -> shows chnage time
ls -ul -> shows access time
ls -tl -> shows modification time.

There is also a tripwire tool with which you can get what you want and many more things.

Anil

Re: Checking if file's modification and access time is changed

Stuart Browne — Wed, 18 May 2005 08:35:09 GMT

Try the command 'stat '.

It should return an output similar to:

File: `ping.log'
Size: 2330542 Blocks: 4560 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 303h/771d Inode: 505030 Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
Access: 2005-05-04 16:38:47.000000000 +1000
Modify: 2004-07-13 14:13:37.000000000 +1000
Change: 2004-07-13 14:13:37.000000000 +1000

Shows access, modification/change time.

Re: Checking if file's modification and access time is changed

Gopi Sekar — Wed, 18 May 2005 08:44:29 GMT

ls -clt will give a long list of files sorted based on their modification time(latest one at the top)

ls -ult will give list of files sorted based on their access time (latest one at the top)

for more info on ls check 'man ls'

also you can use find command to get list of files which are modified/acccessed with in the specified time frame.

check amin, atime, cmin, ctime options of find command, check man find

Gopi