[Xitami] Data Migration

[Francis Turner]

Ahhh .. I think you will find it easier to copy the folders adn then
use a utility like the gnu "touch" one to modify the directory dates.
If touch -t date doesn't work for directories (I forget) then it looks
like http://www.gold-software.com/download1598.html should

Francis

On 6/2/06, navy nut <navynutt2000 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply Francis!
>
> I guess I really should have specified "date and time stamp" as it applies
> to folders.
>
> The files themselves, appear to copy as one would expect.  The folders
> however (at least on my equipment), appear to take on the date and time that
> the copy occurred.
>
> Much of my web-content is accessible through custom directory lists only...
> so it's my effort to preserve the order in which this content is sorted and
> displayed in the viewer's browser.  Links written as [ /directory/?order=Tnx
> ] for example, will currently force the most recent content to the top of
> the page.
>
> Dragging and dropping is going to scramble this sorting system royally,
> unless a method of preserving the (folder) date-stamps is determined.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Rod
>
>
>
> Francis Turner <francis.turner at gmail.com> wrote:
> standard drag/drop copying should not alter the date/time stamps - it
> doesn't for me anyway
>
>
>
>
>
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