| From: | Lee Bosch |
| Date: | 10 Mar 2001 at 18:01:49 |
| Subject: | [D5] Re: How to copy with clone |
Hello Jack
On 10-Mar-01, you wrote:
> As mentioned in a previous reply, I have this set and it still doesn't
> work with directories. :(
No, it doesn't. Then again, that wasn't the question.
On Aminet, there is a very old utility by Jim Butterfield (TPUG) called
ReDate that will do what you're looking for on a volume by volume basis. I
haven't tried it with "current" versions of the operating system; this is
left to the student as an exercise. I found it by doing an Aminet search
using the phrase "directory date". It is also on a Fish disc, but I can't
tell you which one without more research.
The readme file suggests it as a supplement to the CLONE switch. IIRC,
the copy command will *NOT* set the date on destination directories that
already exist. If you're copying huge trees, you might consider using a
conventional backup program that preserves directory attributes.
Lee Bosch