Re: [SLE] preserving files' creation time

Ken, Istvan,

On Wednesday 25 January 2006 11:45, ken wrote:
> ...
>
> This might be what you want:
>
> mv file.conf file.conf.orig; cp file.conf.orig file.conf
>
> ("mv" doesn't change the date of the file, but "cp" does, hence the
> "original" date will be preserved.)

Mv will change the ctime, since the link count changes transiently
during the move.

Cp can be told to preserve times. Check the options via --help or the
man page.


> hth,
> ken


Randall Schulz

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