[X4U] Re: change date modified of folders?

[stephen e. schwartz]

thanks john; your script works fine but is a bit tedious; especially as
terminal window is so un-mac-like. can't select a character and change it;
have to do editing in something else and paste in. have to type folder
name; can't select copy paste into command line; but at least * helps. oh
well; that's why I use a mac.

I find it convenient to put the folders whose dates I need to change in a
temporary folder on the desktop to avoid having to do a lot of cd's (change
directory, not compact disk).

-steve

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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:44:47 -0600, John Douglass <douglass at cs.clemson.edu>
wrote:
>
>
>On Apr 23, 2008, at 9:02 AM, stephen e. schwartz wrote:
>
>> Hello gang,
>>
>> Is there a convenient way to change the date modified of a folder to
>> an
>> arbitrary date, short of telling the computer that today's date is
>> that
>> date modifying the contents of the folder?
>>
>> OSX, 10.3.9, if that matters.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> -steve
>
>Use the 'touch' command from the terminal window:
>
>touch -t '200804230000.00' filename
>
>will change the time on filename to 4/23/2008 at midnight.
>
>"man touch" for more information.
>
>The date string is in the form [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]
>and will default to this year if you do not specify the CC or
>YY options.
>
>-- John