I am able to get the file creation date/time using debugfs
command in ext file system but how to check/get the same in XFS file system.
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[What file systems on Linux store the creation time?](http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/40093/74329) – Cyrus Jul 05 '15 at 18:31
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EXT4 is showing the crtime from `debugfs` command. And I am looking for the same in xfs. – Sriharsha Kalluru Jul 05 '15 at 18:44
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1Follow the link and take a look at the comment. – Cyrus Jul 05 '15 at 18:47
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1[xfs v5 supports it](https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/705158) – Bob Jan 26 '23 at 13:40
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XFS does not support creation time. It just has the regular atime, mtime and ctime. There are no plans that I've heard to support it
Source: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.xfs.general/20629

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