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settime(ADM)


settime -- change the access and modification dates of files

Syntax

settime [ mmddhhmm [ yy ] ] [ -f fname ] name ...

Description

The settime command sets the access and modification dates for one or more files. The dates are set to the specified date, or to the access and modification dates of the file specified via -f. Only one of these methods must be used to specify the new date(s). The first mm is the month number; dd is the day number in the month; hh is the hour number (24 hour system); the second mm is the minute number; yy is the last two digits of the year and is optional. For example:

settime 1008004592 ralph pete

sets the access and modification dates of files ralph and pete to October 8, 12:45 AM, 1992. Another example:

settime -f ralph john

This sets the access and modification dates of the file john to those of the file ralph.

Limitations

Use of touch(C) in place of settime is encouraged.

See also

touch(C)
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