Updating the Date and Time Stamps on Files (69581)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q69581
SUMMARY
The following MS-DOS command updates the date and time stamps of a file
named "EXAMPLE" without altering the contents of the file. This is similar
to the TOUCH utility found in XENIX and in some third-party MS-DOS
toolkits.
COPY /B EXAMPLE +,,
Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
5/12/2003 |
Keywords: |
KB69581 |
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