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From: VAXman- on 23 Jan 2010 07:47 In article <hjdtr0$vgo$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Don Bruder <dakidd(a)sonic.net> writes: >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! -t -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png Yeah. You know, it occurs to me that the best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people. -- Billy Ray Valentine
From: VAXman- on 23 Jan 2010 07:55 In article <tom_stiller-B9FFD9.22361422012010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> writes: >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). Developer tools must be installed to get SetFile. It's no available in the plain-vanilla OS X 10.6 install. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png Yeah. You know, it occurs to me that the best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people. -- Billy Ray Valentine
From: J.J. O'Shea on 23 Jan 2010 10:16 On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:19:09 -0500, Doug Anderson wrote (in article <iv4omdxs0y.fsf(a)ethel.the.log>): > 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.) Hmmm. Never thought of that, possibly 'cause the last time I needed to change a date on a file was back when I was using OS 8.6 and there was no terminal. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: Jolly Roger on 23 Jan 2010 11:07 In article <00A97F89.E49E1013(a)SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > In article <tom_stiller-B9FFD9.22361422012010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom > Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> writes: > >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). > > Developer tools must be installed to get SetFile. It's no available in the > plain-vanilla OS X 10.6 install. On the other hand, the 'touch' command *is* available in the plain-vanilla OS X install. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Jolly Roger on 23 Jan 2010 11:08
In article <tom_stiller-CFC40D.07402723012010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > 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. Oh interesting. Same here! That must be new in 10.6. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |