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Number   :  3920
Date     :  2003-03-05
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: XXCOPY16 and Directory Cloning
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--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "garrydeane"  wrote:
> Kan might need to confirm this as I can't fully test the
> operation in DOS at the moment but I'm pretty sure you
> can do it in a 2 step process.
> 
> The first step is to create only the directory structure
> so that the timestamp preservation switches are applied
> to the directories.
> 
> xxcopy16 src dest /T/TCC ::/TCC=copy source creation timestamp
> 
> Then do your /CLONE operation. Since the directories already
> exist, the timestamp will remain unchanged.

I just had a chance to test this in DOS 6.22 and can advise that 
neither the /TCC or /TCA switches appear to work on the directory 
timestamps.

Garry



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