Subj : Re: Renaming/dating directories FTP server (date) on content directorie
To   : reply
From : Steve
Date : Sat Dec 01 2001 01:20 pm

From: "E. S. (Steve) Fabian" <ESFabian@BellAtlantic.net>

reply@newsgroup.please wrote:
>
> Situation: disk for FTP server crashes. All directories have to be recreated.
> But they now get all the same date (today). For users this is irritating,
> because now they cann't check whether a (sub)directory has been added.
>
> I would like to re*date* all (sub)directories on basis of the content of the
> folders: be it on the biggest .exe file or date of the file with the most
> recent date.
>
> Can this be done using 4Dos ?
>
> Thanks in advance !

Unfortunately, the underlying OS treats directory files differently than other 
files. Thus the only way to create a subdirectory with a specific date and time 
is to change the system date and time. Tedious, but you can automate it in 
4DOS; the biggest problem is that of restoring the proper date and time when 
done.

Invocation: makedir dir date time

@echo off
setlocal
set d=%_date
set t=%_time
echo %2 | date
echo %3 | time
md %dir
echo %t | time
echo %d | date

NB: Every method of creating a FAT/VFAT/FAT32 subdirectory has this limitation. 
Don't know about NTFS.
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E. S. "Steve" Fabian               ESFabian@BellAtlantic.net
POB 1540, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034    Telephone: 856-354-1752
EMPIRE Consultants, Inc.           Director, Software Development
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