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From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: setting or retaining the date of a file
Message-ID: <1991Mar30.054345.767@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 30 Mar 91 05:43:45 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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I have a bunch of files in which the date of the file has a particular
meaning to me.  I want to retain the dates.  However I also want to sort
these files as well.  I don't want to end up with a bunch of sorted files
dated today.

Before I start writing something to do this, I would like to ask if it
has already been done.  If it takes the date in the same form as "ls -l"
types it, or can copy the dated from a named file, that would be great.

I would do the latter form if I have to as it would avoid having to code
and conversion of anything.
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