Re: File utility suggestions?

Subject: Re: File utility suggestions?
From: Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:19:33 -0700 (PDT)

Windows XP already has the command built in:

http://www.ss64.com/nt/

So, you could do FOR /F TOUCH in the directory and be
done with it.

--- neilson -at- windstream -dot- net wrote:

> Joyce Fetterman asks
> > I need a tool to update the last modified date on
> all files in a folder.
> > I've done some searching and there are MANY tools
> out there. I could
> > just pick one, but can anyone here recommend tools
> to try (or avoid). I
> > don't mind buying a good file utility, but don't
> want to spend money
> > needlessly.
>
> I use Cygwin, which is free, on all my Windows
> systems. It provides all the common Unix
> command-line tools. The "touch" command will do
> exactly what you want. You can either construct a
> wildcard expression or write a shell script in order
> to address a particular set of filenames.
>
> See www.cygwin.com for further info.
>
> --Peter Neilson
>
>
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