Changing date of file

[Dotan Cohen]

On 06/04/07, Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 01:07:17AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > How does one change the created/modified dates of files on ext3
> > filesystems? Googling the subject only brings up Windows utilities and
> > a question at experts-exchange that I'm not about to sign up for.
>
> The other post (`touch`) gives the correct answer, but note that there is no
> "created" date on Unix -- just last modification, last access, and last
> metadata change.
>
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>

Thanks, I did not realize this. I was specifically working with jpgs,
which do have this metadata as an optional part of the file. Thanks
for informing me.

Dotan Cohen

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