Re: How do you modify the creation date of a folder?


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Re: How do you modify the creation date of a folder?

by tune (Curate)

on Oct 03, 2001 at 19:47 UTC ( [id://116485]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to How do you modify the creation date of a folder?

Here's a nasty trick if you really want to do it:

create a temporary folder (e.g. _tmp), and move every file into it, delete the old folder, and rename _tmp to the original name. Then you will have a creation time. Though you will be able to make it the current date only.

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Re: Re: How do you modify the creation date of a folder? by ruffing (Acolyte) on Oct 03, 2001 at 22:12 UTC
One solution I found was to update the system time of the computer to the date in the past I want the folder to be created on. Add the files to that folder and reset the date of the computer. That will allow me to make it more than just the current date. The downfall however is a lot of folder renaming ... and the side-effects of altering the computer's time and date.	[reply]

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