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From: Wes Groleau on 23 Jan 2010 00:11 J.J. O'Shea wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:35:54 -0500, JF Mezei wrote > (in article <00d2ed89$0$1596$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>): > >> I have to download a number of documents from the web. Most are PDFs, >> except for one telco which insists on submitting a .ZIP file containing >> a .DOC file. >> >> I have to file these documents by the name of the organisation that >> submitted them, and the date they were submitted (there are various >> deadlines for submissions). >> >> Is there a way to set the date of a document to an arbritary one (aka: a >> deadline date. >> >> This way, I could sort documents by date (seeing all submissions made >> for such and such a deadline, or by organisation. > > Change the system clock the date in question, do a save as, change the clock > back. If your clock is set by NTP, you might be able to omit that last step. :-) -- Wes Groleau Remade in America http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/russell?itemid=1422
From: Barry Margolin on 23 Jan 2010 00:35 In article <hjdtr0$vgo$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Don Bruder <dakidd(a)sonic.net> wrote: > In article <tom_stiller-B9FFD9.22361422012010(a)news.individual.net>, > Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > In article <00d2ed89$0$1596$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, > > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > > > > > I have to download a number of documents from the web. Most are PDFs, > > > except for one telco which insists on submitting a .ZIP file containing > > > a .DOC file. > > > > > > I have to file these documents by the name of the organisation that > > > submitted them, and the date they were submitted (there are various > > > deadlines for submissions). > > > > > > Is there a way to set the date of a document to an arbritary one (aka: a > > > deadline date. > > > > > > This way, I could sort documents by date (seeing all submissions made > > > for such and such a deadline, or by organisation. > > > > In the Terminal.app enter: > > /usr/bin/SetFile > > > > for short help on setting either the creation and/or modification > > date(s). > > Wouldn't "touch <insert filename here>" from the CL do it? Oh, wait - he > wants to set an arbitrary date rather than "now". D'oh! Never mind! That can be done with touch as well: touch -t YYYYMMDDHHMMSS <filename> -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: Greg Pratt on 23 Jan 2010 00:36 In article <hjdtr0$vgo$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Don Bruder <dakidd(a)sonic.net> wrote: >In article <tom_stiller-B9FFD9.22361422012010(a)news.individual.net>, > Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> In article <00d2ed89$0$1596$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, >> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: >> >> > I have to download a number of documents from the web. Most are PDFs, >> > except for one telco which insists on submitting a .ZIP file containing >> > a .DOC file. >> > >> > I have to file these documents by the name of the organisation that >> > submitted them, and the date they were submitted (there are various >> > deadlines for submissions). >> > >> > Is there a way to set the date of a document to an arbritary one (aka: a >> > deadline date. >> > >> > This way, I could sort documents by date (seeing all submissions made >> > for such and such a deadline, or by organisation. >> >> In the Terminal.app enter: >> /usr/bin/SetFile >> >> for short help on setting either the creation and/or modification >> date(s). > >Wouldn't "touch <insert filename here>" from the CL do it? Oh, wait - he >wants to set an arbitrary date rather than "now". D'oh! Never mind! Darwin's touch command supports the common -t option, followed by a date/time string in the format [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]. See the man page for touch for details ("man touch" from the terminal). SetFile is probably more intuitive for a beginner, but it requires installation of the Xcode Tools. There are also GUI-based tools to do this from the Finder, such as the now-defunct Super Get Info. -- Gregory Pratt gp(a)panix.com East Rutherford, NJ, USA http://www.panix.com/~gp/ "You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." PGP Key Fingerprint: DC60 FCDE 91E2 3D41 91A3 45DB B474 3D3A 3621 AAFE
From: Doug Anderson on 23 Jan 2010 01:19 J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> writes: > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:35:54 -0500, JF Mezei wrote > (in article <00d2ed89$0$1596$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>): > > > I have to download a number of documents from the web. Most are PDFs, > > except for one telco which insists on submitting a .ZIP file containing > > a .DOC file. > > > > I have to file these documents by the name of the organisation that > > submitted them, and the date they were submitted (there are various > > deadlines for submissions). > > > > Is there a way to set the date of a document to an arbritary one (aka: a > > deadline date. > > > > This way, I could sort documents by date (seeing all submissions made > > for such and such a deadline, or by organisation. > > Change the system clock the date in question, do a save as, change the clock > back. Heh. I usually tacke my laptop into my plutonium powered DeLorean and travel to the time I wish to set the file creation date to, then I make the file, then I travel back. (Or if I'm in a hurry I might just use touch. Type man touch in the terminal and look at the -t option.)
From: Tom Stiller on 23 Jan 2010 07:40
In article <hje1st$3b8$1(a)panix2.panix.com>, gp(a)panix.com (Greg Pratt) wrote: > SetFile is probably more intuitive for a beginner, but it requires > installation of the Xcode Tools. Is that still the case? While I do have Developer Tools installed, my 10.6.2 installation also has SteFile and GetFileInfo installed in /usr/bin as well. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF |