---
name: "bos_getdate"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "openafs-client"
version: "1.8.13.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bos_getdate"
---

# bos\_getdate(8)

Displays the time stamps on an AFS binary file

## NAME

bos\_getdate - Displays the time stamps on an AFS binary file

## SYNOPSIS

**bos getdate** **-server** \<*machine name*\> **-file** \<*files to check*\>+\
     \[**-dir** \<*destination dir*\>\] \[**-cell** \<*cell name*\>\]\
     \[**-noauth**\] \[**-localauth**\] \[**-help**\]

**bos getd** **-s** \<*machine name*\> **-f** \<*files to check*\>+\
     \[**-d** \<*destination dir*\>\] \[**-c** \<*cell name*\>\] \[**-n**\] \[**-l**\]\
     \[**-h**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **bos getdate** command displays the time stamps on the current version,`" .BAK"` version (if any) and `".OLD"` version (if any) of each binary file named by the **-file** argument. (The BOS Server automatically creates `".BAK"` and `".OLD"` versions when new binaries are installed with the **bos install** command.) The files must reside in the */usr/lib/openafs* directory on the server machine named by the **-server** argument unless the **-dir** argument indicates an alternate directory.

To revert to the `".BAK"` version of a binary, use the **bos uninstall** command. To remove obsolete binary files from the */usr/lib/openafs* directory, use the **bos prune** command.

## OPTIONS

- **-server** \<*machine name*\>

  Indicates the server machine from which to list binary files.  Identify the machine by IP address or its host name (either fully-qualified or abbreviated unambiguously). For details, see [**bos**(8)](/bos/8.md).

  All server machines of the same AFS system type show the same timestamps if the binaries were installed properly on the binary distribution machine for this machine's system type, and if all other machines of that type are running the appropriate `"upclientbin"` process.

- **-file** \<*files to check*\>+

  Names each binary file to list.

- **-dir** \<*destination dir*\>

  Specifies the complete pathname of the local disk directory containing each file named by the **-file** argument. It is necessary only if the files are not in the */usr/lib/openafs* directory.

- **-cell** \<*cell name*\>

  Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with the **-localauth** flag. For more details, see [**bos**(8)](/bos/8.md).

- **-noauth**

  Assigns the unprivileged identity `"anonymous"` to the issuer. Do not combine this flag with the **-localauth** flag. For more details, see [**bos**(8)](/bos/8.md).

- **-localauth**

  Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local */etc/openafs/server/KeyFile* or */etc/openafs/server/KeyFileExt* file. The **bos** command interpreter presents the ticket to the BOS Server during mutual authentication. Do not combine this flag with the **-cell** or **-noauth** options. For more details, see [**bos**(8)](/bos/8.md).

- **-help**

  Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

## OUTPUT

For each file specified with the -file argument, the output displays the time stamp on the current (unmarked), `".BAK"`, and `".OLD"` version. The output explicitly reports that a version does not exist, rather than simply omitting it.

## EXAMPLES

The following command examines the time stamps on the files with basename `"kaserver"` on the machine `"fs2.example.com"`:

```
   % bos getdate -server fs2.example.com -file kaserver
   File /usr/lib/openafs/kaserver dated Mon Jan 4 10:00:36 1999.
   .BAK file dated Wed Dec 9 18:55:04 1998, no .OLD file.
```

## PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

None

## SEE ALSO

[**KeyFile**(5)](/KeyFile/5.md), [**KeyFileExt**(5)](/KeyFileExt/5.md), [**bos**(8)](/bos/8.md), [**bos\_install**(8)](/bos_install/8.md), [**bos\_prune**(8)](/bos_prune/8.md), [**bos\_uninstall**(8)](/bos_uninstall/8.md)

## COPYRIGHT

IBM Corporation 2000. \<http://www.ibm.com/\> All Rights Reserved.

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