Red Hat Linux User wrote:
>
> I guess I'm dense. I can set a date stamp with the following syntax:
>
> touch -d 0326 filename
>
> which gets me 26 March 2001. This is OK if I want only to set day and
> month. If I want a specific hour or year, no matter what numerical value
> I supply, touch returns 'invalid date format'. man touch gives no
> examples. What's the secret?
>From man touch:
-t STAMP
use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time
so:
touch -t 0104011234.56 ...
gives Apr 1,2001 12:34:56
> --
> Felix Miata
Pierre
