1. File Date Time Stamps
I'm a new list member so forgive me if this has already been discussed or even
solved. I'm looking for code to programmatically change the time / date stamp on
a file.
I'm having problems synching up files of different computer systems using xcopy.
when i xcopy /d the new file for some reason has a time stamp exactly one second
newer than the original file, so if i restore i have to xcopy every single file
back again. VERY inefficient and I'm talking about synching literally hundreds of
thousands of files.
my solution was to do a byte level file compare and if euphoria finds the files
identical to reset the time date stamp. I've looked at the win32api calls which
to me are very cryptic and confusing.
if worse comes to worse i could always use a command line driven program to
change the stamp and execute a shell command, but alas i haven't found such a
program either.
has anyone written the win32 code for this or found a stand alone command line
driven program to change the stamp?? any help will be greatly appreciated.
2. Re: File Date Time Stamps
There are old programs out on the Web to do this. One was called
touch which was used to change the date/time on any file or files.
This was used to to change the date/time to when using a compiler.
You can probably find "C" source for the program or and executable
at Simtel or one of those archives.
Bernie
3. Re: File Date Time Stamps
found the touch program at simtel - you have no idea how much time and energy
you have saved me - many thanks!
for anyone else needing the program it is available along with source code at
