Preserve "original" date when copying file?

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How do I copy a file and preserve the "original" date (instead of the date it
was copied)? Thanks, CJ
 
=?Utf-8?B?TWFyayBMLiBGZXJndXNvbg==?= said:
Zip it, then unzip it to another location.
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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.
 

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