Modify creation and last modified date for entire subdir

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This is only an issue because some antique software has Y2K issues, I need to move the file creation dates from 1990's to 2000 but for files across 21 subdirectories. A way to manage it recursively is what I'm looking for.



This ends up as an NFS share back to an MSDOS client and it appears to be using the creation date. Not the modified date, as I've tried the touch mod already with no success.






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    Have you looked at find -exec or a pipe to xargs? Both will issue a command on each file it finds.
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  • Linux doesn't make it easy to see creation dates. doesn't keep creation dates. Are you sure you need to modify those?
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This is only an issue because some antique software has Y2K issues, I need to move the file creation dates from 1990's to 2000 but for files across 21 subdirectories. A way to manage it recursively is what I'm looking for.



This ends up as an NFS share back to an MSDOS client and it appears to be using the creation date. Not the modified date, as I've tried the touch mod already with no success.






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    Have you looked at find -exec or a pipe to xargs? Both will issue a command on each file it finds.
    – tudor
    4 hours ago










  • Linux doesn't make it easy to see creation dates. doesn't keep creation dates. Are you sure you need to modify those?
    – terdon♦
    2 hours ago













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This is only an issue because some antique software has Y2K issues, I need to move the file creation dates from 1990's to 2000 but for files across 21 subdirectories. A way to manage it recursively is what I'm looking for.



This ends up as an NFS share back to an MSDOS client and it appears to be using the creation date. Not the modified date, as I've tried the touch mod already with no success.






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This is only an issue because some antique software has Y2K issues, I need to move the file creation dates from 1990's to 2000 but for files across 21 subdirectories. A way to manage it recursively is what I'm looking for.



This ends up as an NFS share back to an MSDOS client and it appears to be using the creation date. Not the modified date, as I've tried the touch mod already with no success.






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    Have you looked at find -exec or a pipe to xargs? Both will issue a command on each file it finds.
    – tudor
    4 hours ago










  • Linux doesn't make it easy to see creation dates. doesn't keep creation dates. Are you sure you need to modify those?
    – terdon♦
    2 hours ago













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    Have you looked at find -exec or a pipe to xargs? Both will issue a command on each file it finds.
    – tudor
    4 hours ago










  • Linux doesn't make it easy to see creation dates. doesn't keep creation dates. Are you sure you need to modify those?
    – terdon♦
    2 hours ago








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Have you looked at find -exec or a pipe to xargs? Both will issue a command on each file it finds.
– tudor
4 hours ago




Have you looked at find -exec or a pipe to xargs? Both will issue a command on each file it finds.
– tudor
4 hours ago












Linux doesn't make it easy to see creation dates. doesn't keep creation dates. Are you sure you need to modify those?
– terdon♦
2 hours ago





Linux doesn't make it easy to see creation dates. doesn't keep creation dates. Are you sure you need to modify those?
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You can change the modification times of all files and directories under your target directory with:



find /target/dir -exec touch -m +


That will set the modification time to today. You can also set it to a specific date of your choosing:



find /target/dir -exec touch -m -d '1/1/2000' +


I really doubt you'd need to touch the creation date since they're not really used in Linux (see [1],[2],[3]) kernel doesn't even provide a way of accessing it easily.






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  • I'll give you the vote, it does do what I asked for, although it didn't immediately solve my problem. Should've thought of it first, I ended up having to modify the date via md-dos
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  • @A.Adverse what's missing? And what did you modify, was it the creation date? What's "md-dos"? Just a typo for ms-dos or something else?
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You can change the modification times of all files and directories under your target directory with:



find /target/dir -exec touch -m +


That will set the modification time to today. You can also set it to a specific date of your choosing:



find /target/dir -exec touch -m -d '1/1/2000' +


I really doubt you'd need to touch the creation date since they're not really used in Linux (see [1],[2],[3]) kernel doesn't even provide a way of accessing it easily.






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  • I'll give you the vote, it does do what I asked for, although it didn't immediately solve my problem. Should've thought of it first, I ended up having to modify the date via md-dos
    – A.Adverse
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  • @A.Adverse what's missing? And what did you modify, was it the creation date? What's "md-dos"? Just a typo for ms-dos or something else?
    – terdon♦
    15 mins ago














up vote
3
down vote













You can change the modification times of all files and directories under your target directory with:



find /target/dir -exec touch -m +


That will set the modification time to today. You can also set it to a specific date of your choosing:



find /target/dir -exec touch -m -d '1/1/2000' +


I really doubt you'd need to touch the creation date since they're not really used in Linux (see [1],[2],[3]) kernel doesn't even provide a way of accessing it easily.






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  • I'll give you the vote, it does do what I asked for, although it didn't immediately solve my problem. Should've thought of it first, I ended up having to modify the date via md-dos
    – A.Adverse
    18 mins ago










  • @A.Adverse what's missing? And what did you modify, was it the creation date? What's "md-dos"? Just a typo for ms-dos or something else?
    – terdon♦
    15 mins ago












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up vote
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You can change the modification times of all files and directories under your target directory with:



find /target/dir -exec touch -m +


That will set the modification time to today. You can also set it to a specific date of your choosing:



find /target/dir -exec touch -m -d '1/1/2000' +


I really doubt you'd need to touch the creation date since they're not really used in Linux (see [1],[2],[3]) kernel doesn't even provide a way of accessing it easily.






share|improve this answer












You can change the modification times of all files and directories under your target directory with:



find /target/dir -exec touch -m +


That will set the modification time to today. You can also set it to a specific date of your choosing:



find /target/dir -exec touch -m -d '1/1/2000' +


I really doubt you'd need to touch the creation date since they're not really used in Linux (see [1],[2],[3]) kernel doesn't even provide a way of accessing it easily.







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  • I'll give you the vote, it does do what I asked for, although it didn't immediately solve my problem. Should've thought of it first, I ended up having to modify the date via md-dos
    – A.Adverse
    18 mins ago










  • @A.Adverse what's missing? And what did you modify, was it the creation date? What's "md-dos"? Just a typo for ms-dos or something else?
    – terdon♦
    15 mins ago
















  • I'll give you the vote, it does do what I asked for, although it didn't immediately solve my problem. Should've thought of it first, I ended up having to modify the date via md-dos
    – A.Adverse
    18 mins ago










  • @A.Adverse what's missing? And what did you modify, was it the creation date? What's "md-dos"? Just a typo for ms-dos or something else?
    – terdon♦
    15 mins ago















I'll give you the vote, it does do what I asked for, although it didn't immediately solve my problem. Should've thought of it first, I ended up having to modify the date via md-dos
– A.Adverse
18 mins ago




I'll give you the vote, it does do what I asked for, although it didn't immediately solve my problem. Should've thought of it first, I ended up having to modify the date via md-dos
– A.Adverse
18 mins ago












@A.Adverse what's missing? And what did you modify, was it the creation date? What's "md-dos"? Just a typo for ms-dos or something else?
– terdon♦
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@A.Adverse what's missing? And what did you modify, was it the creation date? What's "md-dos"? Just a typo for ms-dos or something else?
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