This guide explains how attackers can conceal file‑modification timestamps on a Linux server by using the touch and stat commands, organizing a Bash script to save and restore timestamps, and automating the process to erase forensic evidence of malicious activity.
Learn how PHP’s stat() function returns a comprehensive associative array of file attributes—such as size, device ID, inode, permissions, timestamps, and block information—by explaining its syntax, parameters, returned keys, and providing practical code examples for extracting and displaying these details.
This guide explains what Linux extended attributes are, distinguishes user and system types, and provides step‑by‑step examples of adding, listing, and removing attributes with the attr command, plus practical use‑cases such as tagging, labeling, metadata storage, and custom extensions.
The PHP stat() function returns an associative array containing detailed file metadata such as size, device ID, inode, permissions, timestamps and block information, and can be used by passing a filename to retrieve and display these attributes via array keys.
This guide explains how to view and modify a file's creation, modification, and access timestamps on Windows using Python's os module, os.utime, and the pywin32 library, including code examples and practical considerations.
This guide explains how to install the GNU coreutils stat command, interpret its comprehensive default output, use the terse option for compact results, and craft custom formats with --printf, providing practical examples and a reference list of format sequences for Linux file metadata extraction.
This guide explains the Linux stat command, its syntax and options, and provides step‑by‑step examples showing how to display detailed file metadata and filesystem information, with clear explanations of each output field.
