I always use utime after the file copy (to change the last modified time to what the source file modify time was)..
And then Win32::Perms to find and set the perms and owner. Steven -----Original Message----- From: Michael D. Schleif [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:16 PM To: Perl-Win32-Users List Service Subject: File::Copy to preserve file modifiction time ??? Using File::Copy to do copy(\\server1\path\file, \\server1\path\file); Documentation says, ``Special behaviour if syscopy is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32) ``If both arguments to copy are not file handles, then copy will perform a ``system copy'' of the input file to a new output file, in order to preserve file attributes, indexed file structure, etc. The buffer size parameter is ignored. If either argument to copy is a handle to an opened file, then data is copied using Perl operators, and no effort is made to preserve file attributes or record structure.'' I expected that this means the same behaviour as typical win/dos copy and *nix cp -p behaviour, whereby file modification time remains unchanged. It does not behave that way. How can I achieve that behaviour, whereby file modification time is identical on both copies? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
