file-birth.sh

#!/usr/local/bin/java --source 11 --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.fs=ALL-UNNAMED

import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
import java.lang.invoke.MethodType;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributes;

public class FileBirth {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
        var unixNativeDispatcherClass = Class.forName("sun.nio.fs.UnixNativeDispatcher");
        var birthtimeSupported = MethodHandles.privateLookupIn(unixNativeDispatcherClass, MethodHandles.lookup())
                                                        .findStatic(unixNativeDispatcherClass,
                                                                    "birthtimeSupported",
                                                                    MethodType.methodType(boolean.class));
        System.out.printf("birth-time supported: %s", birthtimeSupported.invoke());

        for (String arg : args) {
            var attr = Files.readAttributes(Paths.get(arg), PosixFileAttributes.class);
            System.out.println(attr.creationTime());
            System.out.println(attr.lastModifiedTime());
        }
    }
}