Cristian Rodriguez R. wrote:

Basil Chupin escribió:

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One undesirable effect is that the timestamp of the original file is 'destroyed' and overwritten by the timestamp when the copying occurs. I want to be able to retain the original timestamp.

use the "-p" flag of the "cp" command.

Thanks for this. I normally use mc (midnight commander) and unfortunately it doesn't have an option equivalent to -p so I now have to adapt myself to using a command line for copying . (Anyone know of a 'fox' for mc to put in this cp's -p option?)

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There is the 'noatime' parameter which can be added to the HD entries in fstab but will this solve my problem (if I add this 'noatime' parameter on all the computers)?

noatime will make your filesystem NOT to update the **access** time of your files. Ah, OK- it only works on the Accessed Date and not on the Modified(/Created) Date.

Thanks again. Cheers. -- Never believe anything until it's been officially denied. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Carlos E. R. wrote:

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The Saturday 2007-03-17 at 19:01 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:

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I normally use mc (midnight commander) and unfortunately it doesn't have an option equivalent to -p so I now have to adapt myself to using a command line for copying . (Anyone know of a 'fox' for mc to put in this cp's -p option?)

It keeps the timestamp for me. Just tried to make sure.

Thank you, Carlos! You've given me the hint which has solved my problem. When copying a directory from one computer to another I have been deselecting the "preserve Attributes" because I am copying files from one user's Home directory to be copied into another users Home directory on the other computer (I am a (different) user on 2 different computers- if you follow what I mean). Deselecting the attributes is what is causing the timestamp to be altered on the copied files. Now that I have left this "preserve Attributes" ticked all files have retained their original timestamps. Again thanks for the "push" in the right direction <g>. Cheers. -- Never believe anything until it's been officially denied. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Carlos E. R. wrote:

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The Saturday 2007-03-17 at 23:09 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:

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It keeps the timestamp for me. Just tried to make sure.

Thank you, Carlos! You've given me the hint which has solved my problem.

When copying a directory from one computer to another I have been deselecting the "preserve Attributes" because I am copying files from one user's Home directory to be copied into another users Home directory on the other computer (I am a (different) user on 2 different computers- if you follow what I mean).

Yes.

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Deselecting the attributes is what is causing the timestamp to be altered on the copied files. Now that I have left this "preserve Attributes" ticked all files have retained their original timestamps.

But maybe now the ownership is wrong.

As root, 'chown -R username.groupname ' will fix this hassle although from what I saw a little while back the ownership appeared to be OK but I will check again later today. Cheers. -- Never believe anything until it's been officially denied. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Basil Chupin wrote:

Cristian Rodriguez R. wrote:

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Basil Chupin escribió:

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One undesirable effect is that the timestamp of the original file is 'destroyed' and overwritten by the timestamp when the copying occurs. I want to be able to retain the original timestamp.

use the "-p" flag of the "cp" command.

Thanks for this.

I normally use mc (midnight commander) and unfortunately it doesn't have an option equivalent to -p so I now have to adapt myself to using a command line for copying . (Anyone know of a 'fox' for mc to put in this cp's -p option?)

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There is the 'noatime' parameter which can be added to the HD entries in fstab but will this solve my problem (if I add this 'noatime' parameter on all the computers)?

noatime will make your filesystem NOT to update the **access** time of your files. Ah, OK- it only works on the Accessed Date and not on the Modified(/Created) Date.

Thanks again.

Cheers.

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Hans Krueger wrote:

Basil Chupin wrote:

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Cristian Rodriguez R. wrote:

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Basil Chupin escribió:

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One undesirable effect is that the timestamp of the original file is 'destroyed' and overwritten by the timestamp when the copying occurs. I want to be able to retain the original timestamp.

use the "-p" flag of the "cp" command.

Thanks for this.

I normally use mc (midnight commander) and unfortunately it doesn't have an option equivalent to -p so I now have to adapt myself to using a command line for copying . (Anyone know of a 'fox' for mc to put in this cp's -p option?)

...

...

There is the 'noatime' parameter which can be added to the HD entries in fstab but will this solve my problem (if I add this 'noatime' parameter on all the computers)?

noatime will make your filesystem NOT to update the **access** time of your files.

Ah, OK- it only works on the Accessed Date and not on the Modified(/Created) Date.

Thanks again.

Cheers.

I think krusader has a what your looking for

Thank you for this. I had a quick look at krusader and I think it has the potential to replace my favourite midnight commander, and it is certainly better than konqueror as far as I am concerned. Cheers. -- Never believe anything until it's been officially denied. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org