Hi Thommes,
I've just tried this here, and both commands Robocopy /B .\ ..\ wins.dll Robocopy /B .\ c:\ wins.dll (first one on the same drive, second one on another drive) Maintain the Create and Modified date. My Robocopy-Version is the same (XP010, 5.1.1.1010) Weird. Gruesse - Sincerely, Ulf B. Simon-Weidner Profile & Publications: <blocked::http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=35E388DE-4885-4308-B489-F 2F1214C811D> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=35E388DE-4885-4308-B489-F2F1214C811 D Weblog: <blocked::http://msmvps.org/UlfBSimonWeidner> http://msmvps.org/UlfBSimonWeidner Website: <blocked::http://www.windowsserverfaq.org/> http://www.windowsserverfaq.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thommes, Michael M. Sent: Donnerstag, 25. Januar 2007 14:18 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: maintaining "creation date" when copying directories? Hi Ulf, Thanks for the response! I tried Robocopy (version XP010) with the /E /B /COPYALL switches. It does not seem to have the desired effect (ie, both the "modified date" and the "creation date" are still the current date). Any other thoughts? Mike Thommes _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ulf B. Simon-Weidner Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 6:52 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: maintaining "creation date" when copying directories? Robocopy with the /B-Switch should work. Ulf From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thommes, Michael M. Sent: Donnerstag, 25. Januar 2007 13:10 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: maintaining "creation date" when copying directories? What "move/copy" tools can be used to copy directories/files to another location and still retain the "creation date" value? Robocopy seems to keep creation date on files but directories are given the current date. Am I missing a switch in Robocopy to do this? A backup/restore operation (with ntbackup.exe) retains the "creation date" as one would expect. I am just looking for other possible tools. I should mention that with all of the tools I've tried, the "modified date" is always the current date for directories. Any help is appreciated! Mike Thommes
