How to copy FOLDERS without changing the FOLDER's TIME Stamp

triumphis · Post by *triumphis » 2003-07-30, 02:15 UTC

In Win2K,XP,etc. COPY files ,folders and subfolders to new position , the TIME STAMPs of folders is NEW created,the CREATE/LAST MODI/UPDATE DATE of FOLDERS is changed.
How to copy FOLDERS without changing the FOLDER's TIME Stamps?

Coco · Post by *Coco » 2003-07-30, 05:43 UTC

Hi triumphis,

I don't think you can do this and this is normal because if you copy a folder to a new location it mean that you create a new folder.
Explorer react in the same way.

Moving a folder will keep the information.

Post by *Hacker » 2003-07-30, 09:43 UTC

TC 6.0 will have an option to keep the dates.

HTH
Roman

CADweazle · Post by *CADweazle » 2003-07-30, 10:11 UTC

2triumphis

Ever had the idea to use the search option in this forum??

jb · Post by *jb » 2003-07-30, 10:36 UTC

Every month or so sombody addresses the same topic. Searching the forum for instance with "copy date" yields good results. This way you can also learn interesting related things.

Coco wrote:Moving a folder will keep the information.

This is true only when moving within the same volume (partition).

triumphis · Post by *triumphis » 2003-07-31, 01:36 UTC

Thanks for YOUR response,Coco,Hacker,CADweazle and jb.
I did do the search in the forum,and really learn so many related interesting things,.BUT, I can't find any way exactly resolve my problems. What a pity!
I also try to find some other tools to refresh the FOLDER DATE after COPY them.but ,I can't .
Anyway ,THANKS a lot!

triumphis · Post by *triumphis » 2003-07-31, 01:39 UTC

TO : Hacker
When will the TC 6.0 release?

triumphis · Post by *triumphis » 2003-07-31, 01:48 UTC

To:CADweazle
Some topic is in GERMAN, I can't read German.

djk · Post by *djk » 2003-07-31, 04:34 UTC

triumphis wrote: When will the TC 6.0 release?

Search the forum....

http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=8836#8836

triumphis wrote: Some topic is in GERMAN, I can't read German.

You can always choose which forums you want to search - default it searches in "All available".

triumphis · Post by *triumphis » 2003-08-05, 06:02 UTC

I find the way!!!
First : COPY files to destnation .
Then: Use XCOPY command with "/T" arg to refresh the folder's DATE. for example:

XCOPY D:\*.* E:\*.* /T

the folders COPIED will keep their original DATE.

That's it!

norfie · Post by *norfie » 2003-08-05, 06:37 UTC

Post by *Hacker » 2003-08-06, 13:33 UTC

Therefore triumphis does it after copying the files.

Roman

norfie · Post by *norfie » 2003-08-06, 14:03 UTC

triumphis · Post by *triumphis » 2003-08-07, 05:33 UTC

Yes ,Hacker is right . It does work. but I do think that TC can copy files(folders) with time stamp.
I love TC .
BTW. I 'm from CHINA . nice to meet all of U! My Friends.