Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update

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On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:54:34 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in <a4p5olxo3b.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>:

> On 2025-08-28 05:22, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:34:01 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> 
>>> Is that supposed to be a date?
>> 
>>  From my original posting:
>> 
>> Above shows days elapsed since the last kernel update, to tenths of a
>> day.
>> To change the precision, adjust the scale accordingly.
> 
> Ah.
> 
> Well, as you can see, each concoction that was posted printed a
> different number.
> 
> The correct one is 43.91, calculated using a spreadsheet.
> 
> 
> Lawrence:
> 
> cer@Telcontar:~> bc <<<"scale = 1; ($(date +%s) - $(stat -c%Y /vmlinuz))
> / 86400"
> stat: cannot statx '/vmlinuz': No such file or directory (standard_in)
> 1: syntax error cer@Telcontar:~>
> 
> vallor:
> 
> cer@Telcontar:~> bc <<<"scale = 1; ($(date +%s) - $(stat -L -c%Y
> /boot/vmlinuz)) / 86400" 43.9 cer@Telcontar:~>
> 
> cer@Telcontar:~> bc <<<"scale = 1; ($(date +%s) - $(stat -c%Y
> /boot/vmlinuz)) / 86400" 28.5 cer@Telcontar:~>
> 
> cer@Telcontar:~> bc <<<"scale = 1; ($(date +%s) - $(stat -c%W / )) /
> 86400"
> 2895.4 cer@Telcontar:~>
> 
> 
> cer@Telcontar:~> l /boot/vmlinuz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Jul 31 00:21
> /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-6.4.0-150600.23.60-default cer@Telcontar:~>
> cer@Telcontar:~> l /boot/vmlinuz-6.4.0-150600.23.60-default -rw-r--r-- 1
> root root 14204640 Jul 15 14:48 /boot/vmlinuz-6.4.0-150600.23.60-default
> 
> The symlink was created 28.51 days ago.

$ bc <<<"scale = 3; ($(date +%s) - $(stat -c%Y \
/boot/vmlinuz)) / 86400"
.026

$ TZ=UTC ll /boot/vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Aug 28 21:47 /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-6.16.4

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Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-27 11:34 +0200
  Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-27 23:09 -0400
    Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-08-28 00:20 -0700
  Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-28 03:22 +0000
    Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-28 12:54 +0200
      Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-28 22:21 +0000
        Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-29 14:50 +0200
          Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-30 00:19 +0000
            Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-30 14:25 +0200
              Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-30 20:44 +0000
      Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-08-28 22:28 +0000

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