On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Nathan Kinkade wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 05:03:35PM +0100, Erik Norgaard wrote: > > Nathan Kinkade wrote: > > >>The security advisory give me the possibility to patch my system or to > > >>download the "patched" FreeBSD via ftp. How can I recognize which creation > > >>time the running system has? > > > > > >Try the command `uname -v`. > > > > AFAIK this command tells you the build time, but now how fresh the > > source was. > > > > Erik > > Yes, you are correct, but he mentions that he wants to know the > "creation" (build?) time of the "running system," so I figured that the > date/time provided by uname was what he was looking for. Maybe you are > right, though. Perhaps more important is whether his sources are newer > than the fix date. > > Nathan > Hello Nathan, I need the date/time to decide if I need to download a version from the ftp-server in belief I would not need to patch my system anymore. But you are writing there is a better method to decide when a download is necessary or not? Which one? With regards Stevan Tiefert _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
