G Guest Oct 29, 2007 #1 How do I copy a file and preserve the "original" date (instead of the date it was copied)? Thanks, CJ
How do I copy a file and preserve the "original" date (instead of the date it was copied)? Thanks, CJ
R Ron Hardin Oct 30, 2007 #3 =?Utf-8?B?TWFyayBMLiBGZXJndXNvbg==?= said: Zip it, then unzip it to another location. Click to expand... Install Cygwin then $ cp file1 file1copy $ touch -r file1 file1copy Cygwin makes XP liveable. $ man touch for other options, like you want to make up a date and time. I use it to put the time a photo was taken on its *.jpg file.
=?Utf-8?B?TWFyayBMLiBGZXJndXNvbg==?= said: Zip it, then unzip it to another location. Click to expand... Install Cygwin then $ cp file1 file1copy $ touch -r file1 file1copy Cygwin makes XP liveable. $ man touch for other options, like you want to make up a date and time. I use it to put the time a photo was taken on its *.jpg file.
