Thanks. Guess I'll just sort them. On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 06:38:58 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 01:52:51AM -0600, ronnie gauthier wrote: >> I need to modify folder creation dates. I looked through man and info >on> "touch" and dont see folders mentioned. I am creating links using >> readdir(perl) and not relying on any sorting so folders are output in >> crono order. I made the original set in a-z order so display is a-z. >any> additions are obviously out of order and it is just one folder so >> modifying it would be easier than adding a sort routine to the >script,> as easy as that would also be. > >In the first place, they are directories (or, more precisely, directory >files), not folders. That said, touch will modify the timestamp on >directories but doesn't, as far as I can tell, create the directory >if it doesn't already exist. > >Kurt >-- >"Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern >technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." >_______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
