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Tomáš Pečený
Asked: 2013-12-04 03:03:31 +0800 CST

How to modify the directory date?

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In Windows, I am used to modify directory dates, eg. of directories containing photos according the date when the first photo was taken; and then display a list of the directories sorted by the dates. In Ubuntu, Krusader can display the directories this way. I need to change the date (the "date of modifying") of a directory after I fill it with eg. the photos. How should I change it? Thanks

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2 Answers

  1. You can use touch command with -t option. This is from man touch:

    NAME
       touch - change file timestamps

SYNOPSIS
       touch [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
       Update  the  access  and modification times of each FILE to the current
       time.
[...]

-t STAMP
              use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time

    An example:

    touch -t 1312031429.30 /path/to/directory

    will change the date modified for directory to 2013-12-03 14:29:30.

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  2. Don't. It will just get changed as soon as anything in the directory changes anyhow ( like when a thumbnail is generated ). Instead, rename the directory so the date you want is in the name.

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