What do you use when you want to update the date-modified field of a file on Windows?
- commands accessible via C++, .NET, C#, or something native to Windows (Vista preferably)
- tools/applications preferably free, and if possible open source as well
Edit:
there is already a page for applications as pointed out by CheapScotsman here.
If anyone knows how I can do this via C++, C#, WSH or something similar, well and good, else I would think everything else is covered in the linked question.
Best Answer
If you want to touch the date stamp of a file using windows, use the following command at the command prompt:
(where
filename.ext
is your file's name). The+,,
is a special flag tocopy
telling it to simply update the date/time on the file:Edit based on comments by Lumi and Justin: put this in a batch file, eg. touch.cmd
This works even if the file is not in the current directory (tested on Windows 7).