Re: [PLUG] Capturing the timestamps of files

[Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com>]

Yes there is.  There's also the stat(1) command which can give you
just about any information you'd like.  This same information is
available on unix through the stat(2) system call.

Walt

On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 04:02:13PM -0400, George Gallen wrote:
> Isn't there a "-p" that preserves the date/time of the file
> while it's copying it, Similar to the one in the "cp" command?
> 
> George
> 
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> > [mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of 
> > George Langford
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 3:49 PM
> > To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> > Cc: George Langford
> > Subject: [PLUG] Capturing the timestamps of files
> > 
> > 
> > Here's my task: Measure the rate of a process by taking digital
> > pictures of the process and then relating the elapsed time between
> > images to the changes seen in the images.
> > 
> > Here's my dilemma: Win98SE apparently won't let me see the seconds
> > in the file's timestamp, but at least the timestamp is preserved
> > when copying the file from the original floppy to my hard drive.
> > Debian, bless its heart, lets me see the timestamp out to the
> > nearest second, but changes the timestamp when the file is copied
> > onto the hard drive.
> > 
> > In Windows, a proprietary product called Directory Printer will let
> > me print out the contents of a drive in a wide variety of formats,
> > and I could use that to get my information from the floppy disks
> > without the laborious process of writing it out longhand.  Is there
> > a similar [free, I presume] product available in debian which will
> > do the same general tasks as Directory Printer ? That would save
> > me from having to accumulate a large inventory of write-protected
> > floppies.
> > 
> > Of course, I could do a screen capture, but that seems utterly
> > wasteful and almost as tedious as longhand copying ...
> > 
> > George Langford
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