Martin McCormick <mar...@dc.cis.okstate.edu> writes: > Thanks to those who answered my question. I have discovered in > the process one big difference between the date function in > freebsd and Linux. Under freebsd, date -r 1234567890 or whatever > value you need converts that unsigned long in to the normal date > output set to that reference value. IN Linux, -r should be > followed by a file name and it gives you the formatted date > as read from the mtime of that reference file.
The *only* standardized option for date is -u... -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"