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?
> --
> Felix Miata
Felix....try this for 12:00 on 26 March 1999:
touch -t 9903261200 filename
Here's the format:
[[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss]
--
Alan
