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Old 08-09-2012, 04:04 PM   #1
mad_penguin
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how to copy time stamps


Hi Gents,

Does any of you know how could I copy time stamps from one directory to another ? I mean, I have 2 dirs and I want to copy the exact time stamps from first dir to the second one.

I know about 'touch' although I wouldn't want to 'stamp' each file and directory.

Any ideas?


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Old 08-09-2012, 04:36 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by mad_penguin View Post
Hi Gents,

Does any of you know how could I copy time stamps from one directory to another ? I mean, I have 2 dirs and I want to copy the exact time stamps from first dir to the second one.

I know about 'touch' although I wouldn't want to 'stamp' each file and directory.

Any ideas?


Cheers!

is using the '-a' switch to `cp` what you're looking for? for example:

Code:
ls -la /etc/udev/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 May 16 04:30 .
drwxr-xr-x 69 root root 4096 Aug  9 23:13 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 May 16 04:30 rules.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  277 May 23 12:50 udev.conf
Code:
mkdir /tmp/test-udev && cp -Ra /etc/udev/* /tmp/test-udev/
Code:
ls -la /tmp/test-udev/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug  9 23:34 .
drwxrwxrwt 6 root root 4096 Aug  9 23:34 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 16 04:30 rules.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  277 May 23 12:50 udev.conf
another way of doing this can be done by using `rsync`. for example:

Code:
rsync -Waq /etc/udev/ /tmp/test-udev2/
hope that helps
 
  


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