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From: Paul Sture on 25 Jan 2010 05:31 In article <jollyroger-4665F2.10084323012010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > 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. On 10.5.8 with Xcode installed: $ ls -l /usr/bin/SetFile -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 46848 3 Mai 2008 /usr/bin/SetFile $ ls -l /Developer/Tools/SetFile lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 18 28 Aug 02:47 /Developer/Tools/SetFile -> .../usr/bin/SetFile $ ls -l /Developer/usr/bin/SetFile -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 46848 3 Mai 2008 /Developer/usr/bin/SetFile The 28 Aug date there sounds about right for my installation of Xcode. -- Paul Sture
From: Paul Sture on 25 Jan 2010 05:50 In article <240120100407253957%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <1jcthxf.1krbqn1pi2fjxN%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>, David Empson > <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > > > > I've got them in /usr/bin in 10.5.8. Although, they may have been put > > > there by the dev tools installer. > > > > Probably. SetFile isn't part of the standard OS installation (I checked > > 10.5.1, 10.5.4 and 10.6 install DVDs), and corresponding versions of the > > developer tools install SetFile in /usr/bin as well as > > /Developer/usr/bin (linked from /Developer/Tools). > > on my system with 10.5.8 & xcode 3.1.4, they are in /Developer/usr/bin > but not in /usr/bin. I see this note at the end of about_xcode_tools_3.1.4.pdf: The following directories inside the Xcode are deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the Xcode developer tools: <Xcode>/Tools (content will move to <Xcode>/usr/bin) <Xcode>/Makefiles (content will move to <Xcode>/usr/share/makefiles in a future release) <Xcode>/Private (content will be removed in a future release) (I'm downloading 3.1.4 at the moment) -- Paul Sture
From: Fred Moore on 25 Jan 2010 12:18
In article <hje1st$3b8$1(a)panix2.panix.com>, gp(a)panix.com (Greg Pratt) wrote: > 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. FileXaminer ($10) works quite well and has both a Leopard and Snow Leopard version. <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10281> While I can use the CLI when necessary, I prefer a GUI most of the time because my UNIX experience is limited. I've been using FileXaminer for quite a while. It can change the creation and mod dates very easily. |