NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/unix/aix/8149

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From: [e-mail] (Bob Stearns)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: When was it really created?
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Date: 24 Jul 92 18:54:29 GMT
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As is usual in a multiuser system, we are short of disk space. We make
available to our users a segment where files which will be reused or
moved offline may be kept for up to four days. They have discovered
touch (all of 100's of files with the same time stamp to within a
second) and are abusing the privelege.

Does anyone know how to get the real (untouched, untouchable) file
creation time of a file in AIX? Do I have to create a database of my own
with time first seen and checksum? Has anyone else solved this problem?

Any suggestions, pointers or manual references greatly appreciated.
--
Bob Stearns
University of Georgia
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