change date time of file

[karan_3]

hi
Actually i want to change the date and time of one file .how can i do this one.is it possible .


waiting for the rply
Thanks & regards
karan

[Mel Burslan]

touch MMDDhhmm[.ss]

MM 2 digit month
DD 2 digit day of the month
hh 2 digit hour military format 00-23 range
mm 2 digit minute 00-59 range
ss 2 digit seconds 00-59 range [optional]

HTH

[Mel Burslan]

duh.. followed by file name ofcourse

i.e.,

touch MMDDhhmm[.ss] filename

{trying to cut down coffee here}

[karan_3]

hi
but file has already created . i dont want to create a new file .i want to modify the already crreated file.
thanks & regards
karan

[Patrick Wallek]

touch WILL modify the file if it already exists.

# man touch

for details.

[Devesh Pant_1]

don't be afraid just touch it man :-)

Devesh

[Matthew_50]

root@test /tmp/test> prealloc myfile 1000
root@test /tmp/test> ll
total 2
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1000 Jun 25 21:17 myfile
root@test /tmp/test> date
Sat Jun 25 21:17:57 EAT 2005
root@test /tmp/test> touch 04300000 myfile
root@test /tmp/test> ll
total 2
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1000 Apr 30 00:00 myfile
root@test /tmp/test>

[Nguyen Anh Tien]

Use touch command pls.
#touch filename