>
> Ha! I still use aout Ncftp bins of about that vintage on some boxes.
>
> On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Andre M. Hedrick wrote:
>
> >
> > Well this does not count, but the oldest file and directory on the oldest
> > Linux-Box (original) is
> > '-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Feb 23 1993 NETWORKING'
> > 'drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Jan 28 1994 setup'
> >
> > This machine has been up and down for kernel updates, but I know it has
> > run continuously (except for extended power outages) since the install
> > of an 'aout' kernel.........somewhere around Slackware 2.3.
> >
> > '-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154 Aug 20 1994 exports'
> >
> > Is the oldest file that I can remember editing.
ha, these are still left from my original/initial SLS-0.98.4 installation
and still working fine on my old a.out based system:
root # ll -tr /bin/ | head -20
total 3573
-r-xr-xr-x 1 daemon daemon 17 Apr 7 1992 false*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 1532 Sep 5 1992 basename*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 1420 Sep 5 1992 dirname*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 2196 Sep 5 1992 env*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 5148 Sep 5 1992 expr*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 1368 Sep 5 1992 logname*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 1515 Sep 5 1992 nohup*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 4624 Sep 6 1992 cmp*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 106828 Sep 7 1992 bash-1.12.4.gz*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1768 Nov 21 1992 sleep*
-rwxr-sr-x 1 root lp 37888 Nov 22 1992 mail.old*
-rwx--x--x 1 root root 1580 Nov 29 1992 groups*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20 Dec 1 1992 pwd.sh*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4120 Jan 10 1993 mt_old*
-rws--x--x 1 root root 16292 Jan 16 1993 gpasswd*
-rwx------ 1 root root 4632 Jan 16 1993 dpasswd*
-rwx--x--x 1 daemon daemon 2948 Jan 16 1993 faillog*
-rws--x--x 1 root root 11176 Jan 16 1993 sg*
-rws--x--x 1 root root 9356 Jan 16 1993 chfn*
Harald
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