Re: Change file creation date?
 

# This can be tested from the command line.$file2 should be an exact copy of
$file1
# with a current creation time.

# NOTE: Other file statistics would also be changed.

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------
$file1='C:/Perl/eg/temp/file1.html'; # put original files in temporary
folder
$file2='C:/Perl/eg/file1.html'; # copy new files to another
directory

unless(-e "$file2"){ #just a precaution

use File::Copy; #method-use File::Copy;
copy("$file1","$file2");

use File::Compare; #use File::Compare;
if(compare("$file1","$file2")==0){

print"exact copy created\n";
}
}else{
print"file already exists";
}
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------

# cd C:\perl\eg
# perl newsgroup.pl



"jbl" <j.b.l.0.2.@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:usbjs0lbadat35614r73qs5jmv9qlfu9eb@4ax.com...
> I want to modify the file creation time to syncronize my local dates
> with the dates on a server.
>
> I haven't found any way to do that yet
> Using File::stat lets me read the file statistics for:
>
> meaning of the fields:
>
> 0 dev device number of filesystem
> 1 ino inode number
> 2 mode file mode (type and permissions)
> 3 nlink number of (hard) links to the file
> 4 uid numeric user ID of file's owner
> 5 gid numeric group ID of file's owner
> 6 rdev the device identifier (special files only)
> 7 size total size of file, in bytes
> 8 atime last access time since the epoch
> 9 mtime last modify time since the epoch
> 10 ctime inode change time (NOT creation time!) since the epoch
> 11 blksize preferred block size for file system I/O
> 12 blocks actual number of blocks allocated
>
> but I don't see creation date,
> (ctime seems to be last change time)
> and I only seem to be able to read these, not change them anyway.
>
> Thanls
> jbl
>

Change file creation date?
 

I want to modify the file creation time to syncronize my local dates
with the dates on a server.

I haven't found any way to do that yet
Using File::stat lets me read the file statistics for:

meaning of the fields:

0 dev device number of filesystem
1 ino inode number
2 mode file mode (type and permissions)
3 nlink number of (hard) links to the file
4 uid numeric user ID of file's owner
5 gid numeric group ID of file's owner
6 rdev the device identifier (special files only)
7 size total size of file, in bytes
8 atime last access time since the epoch
9 mtime last modify time since the epoch
10 ctime inode change time (NOT creation time!) since the epoch
11 blksize preferred block size for file system I/O
12 blocks actual number of blocks allocated

but I don't see creation date,
(ctime seems to be last change time)
and I only seem to be able to read these, not change them anyway.

Thanls
jbl

Re: Change file creation date?
 

jbl wrote:
> I want to modify the file creation time to syncronize my local dates
> with the dates on a server.
>
> I haven't found any way to do that yet
> Using File::stat lets me read the file statistics for:
>
> meaning of the fields:
>
> 0 dev device number of filesystem
> 1 ino inode number
> 2 mode file mode (type and permissions)
> 3 nlink number of (hard) links to the file
> 4 uid numeric user ID of file's owner
> 5 gid numeric group ID of file's owner
> 6 rdev the device identifier (special files only)
> 7 size total size of file, in bytes
> 8 atime last access time since the epoch
> 9 mtime last modify time since the epoch
> 10 ctime inode change time (NOT creation time!) since the epoch
> 11 blksize preferred block size for file system I/O
> 12 blocks actual number of blocks allocated
>
> but I don't see creation date,
> (ctime seems to be last change time)
> and I only seem to be able to read these, not change them anyway.
>
> Thanls
> jbl
>

this is actually a FAQ:
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4.60: How can I always keep my hash sorted?

You can look into using the DB_File module and tie() using the
$DB_BTREE
hash bindings as documented in "In Memory Databases" in DB_File. The
Tie::IxHash module from CPAN might also be instructive.



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Re: Change file creation date?
 

Ken wrote:

> this is actually a FAQ

Hum, maybe that's not the answer to /all/ questions ;)

scnr,
Robert

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Re: Change file creation date?
 

jbl wrote:

> I want to modify the file creation time to syncronize my local dates
> with the dates on a server.

You can't. There's no such thing as "file creation time", at least not
on a Windows or UNIX computer. The filesystem does not track such a
statistic.


--
Christopher Mattern

"Which one you figure tracked us?"
"The ugly one, sir."
"...Could you be more specific?"

Re: Change file creation date?
 

Chris Mattern wrote:

> jbl wrote:
>
>>I want to modify the file creation time to syncronize my local dates
>>with the dates on a server.
>
> You can't. There's no such thing as "file creation time", at least not
> on a Windows or UNIX computer. The filesystem does not track such a
> statistic.

Er, NTFS5 does. (I think earlier NTFS did too).

Re: Change file creation date?
 

Brian McCauley wrote:

>
>
> Chris Mattern wrote:
>
>> jbl wrote:
>>
>>>I want to modify the file creation time to syncronize my local dates
>>>with the dates on a server.
>>
>> You can't. There's no such thing as "file creation time", at least not
>> on a Windows or UNIX computer. The filesystem does not track such a
>> statistic.
>
> Er, NTFS5 does. (I think earlier NTFS did too).

Ah, well, my Windows knowledge is is weaker than my UNIX knowledge.
So noted.
--
Christopher Mattern

"Which one you figure tracked us?"
"The ugly one, sir."
"...Could you be more specific?"

Re: Change file creation date?
 

In article <cqcnu0$rp6$2@sun3.bham.ac.uk>,
Brian McCauley <nobull@mail.com> writes:
>Chris Mattern wrote:
>> You can't. There's no such thing as "file creation time", at least not
>> on a Windows or UNIX computer. The filesystem does not track such a
>> statistic.
>
>Er, NTFS5 does. (I think earlier NTFS did too).

VMS too. (Excuse me, OpenVMS.)

--
Peter Scott
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Re: Change file creation date?
 

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:06:20 -0500, Chris Mattern
<matternc@comcast.net> wrote:

>Brian McCauley wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Chris Mattern wrote:
>>
>>> jbl wrote:
>>>
>>>>I want to modify the file creation time to syncronize my local dates
>>>>with the dates on a server.
>>>
>>> You can't. There's no such thing as "file creation time", at least not
>>> on a Windows or UNIX computer. The filesystem does not track such a
>>> statistic.
>>
>> Er, NTFS5 does. (I think earlier NTFS did too).
>
>Ah, well, my Windows knowledge is is weaker than my UNIX knowledge.
>So noted.

Thanks for the replies and help.
I am using WindowsXP and I can see the file creation time.
I was wanting to use the creation date as it is not volatile, like the
last accessed time or modified time

Thanks
jbl