DOS ain't dead - MS-DOS COPY: How to retain original file date/time stamp?

CluelessInSeattl

Seattle, USA,
09.12.2013, 13:30

MS-DOS COPY: How to retain original file date/time stamp? (Users)

In MS-DOS 6.21, is there a way to copy a file and retain the date/time stamp of the original file on the file copy?

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Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"
Running MS-DOS 6.21

CluelessInSeattl

Seattle, USA,
09.12.2013, 13:56

@ CluelessInSeattl

MS-DOS COPY: How to retain original file date/time stamp?

> In MS-DOS 6.21, is there a way to copy a file and retain the date/time
> stamp of the original file on the file copy?

Oops!

I got confused by a macro in my text editor which was automatically re-saving the same file each time I ran it. So that's why the time stamp kept changing.

It wasn't the MS-DOS COPY command at all.

Duh!

So, now, is there a way to remove this redundant thread from this forum.

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Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"
Running MS-DOS 6.21

glennmcc

North Jackson, Ohio (USA),
09.12.2013, 23:29

@ CluelessInSeattl

MS-DOS COPY: How to retain original file date/time stamp?

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> > In MS-DOS 6.21, is there a way to copy a file and retain the date/time
> > stamp of the original file on the file copy?
>
> Oops!
>
> I got confused by a macro in my text editor which was automatically
> re-saving the same file each time I ran it. So that's why the time stamp
> kept changing.
>
> It wasn't the MS-DOS COPY command at all.
>
> Duh!
>
> So, now, is there a way to remove this redundant thread from this forum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psxktpxkc6o ;-)

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