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MS-DOS COPY: How to retain original file date/time stamp? (Users)

posted by CluelessInSeattl, Seattle, USA, 09.12.2013, 13:56

> In MS-DOS 6.21, is there a way to copy a file and retain the date/time
> stamp of the original file on the file copy?

Oops!

I got confused by a macro in my text editor which was automatically re-saving the same file each time I ran it. So that's why the time stamp kept changing.

It wasn't the MS-DOS COPY command at all.

Duh!

So, now, is there a way to remove this redundant thread from this forum.

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Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"
Running MS-DOS 6.21

Complete thread:

• MS-DOS COPY: How to retain original file date/time stamp? - CluelessInSeattl, 09.12.2013, 13:30
  • MS-DOS COPY: How to retain original file date/time stamp? - CluelessInSeattl, 09.12.2013, 13:56
    • MS-DOS COPY: How to retain original file date/time stamp? - glennmcc, 09.12.2013, 23:29