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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: Re: How Long Since Last Kernel Update
Date: 16 Jan 2025 18:29:14 GMT
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On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:13:03 -0000 (UTC), Lem Novantotto
<Lem@none.invalid> wrote in <vm5dbe$2b9fo$2@dont-email.me>:

> Il Tue, 14 Jan 2025 04:44:06 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro ha
> scritto:
> 
>> bc <<<"scale = 1; ($(date +%s) - $(stat -c%Y /vmlinuz)) / 86400"
> 
> Well, here vmlinuz is in /boot: so /boot/vmlinuz, above.

I just looked in /boot, and discovered /boot/vmlinuz is a symlink
to the actual file.  While the time is usually pretty close
to the actual kernel file, it might not be.

So it would be:

bc <<<"scale = 1; ($(date +%s) - $(stat -L -c%Y /boot/vmlinuz)) / 86400"

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