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Number   :  4851
Date     :  2003-06-17
Author   :  Dale Schofield
Subject  :  Re: XXCOPY16 and Directory Cloning
Size(KB) :  1


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "J. Merrill"  wrote:
> At 08:46 PM 6/10/2003 +0000, Dale Schofield wrote
> >> If you use 
> >> 
> >> dir e:\PFSleep\ /tc | find ""
> >
> >Alas this doesn't appear to work. In NT4 I still get 
the 'modified' 
> >creation dates. Maybe that switch only applies to files and not 
> >directories? I think I'll try using XXCOPY on a Win98 machine 
> >instead. Could be that NT4 is doing something different, even 
though 
> >I am a local admin on the machine in question. Will let you know 
how 
> >I make out from Win98.
> >
> >Dale
> 
> I'm surprised. Did you run XXCOPY from the NT4 machine (the E: 
drive is a local drive on the NT4 machine) or on another machine? 
(What service pack does the NT4 machine have? Mine has SP6.)

I did run XXCOPY from the NT4 machine, and yes, the E: drive is local 
to that machine. All drives are NTFS formatted on the NT4 machine. 
I'm also running service pack 6 (6a actually).

I've done some more experimenting and no matter what I do, I cannot 
get the directories to retain their original creation timestamps 
after I copy files into them. I did not try Win98 as Kan mentioned 
that it would not likely work.

All told this has certainly been an exercise in futility, all for 
some data that will probably never be accessed again. But just in 
case, we still need to try and retain it. at this point I am about to 
resort to a printout of the directory listing directly from the MO 
drive and then not worry about cloning the directory timestamps. It 
may cause a problem with our old software, but that remains to be 
tested (i.e. will it find a test if the directory date has changed?).

Any other suggestions before I give up?

Dale



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