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From: mr_unreliable on 5 Dec 2009 11:30
I am attempting to move folders/subfolders to another system,
or to another drive on the same system.

Obviously, this can be done with the zip utilities, archive
utilities, or (at least for win98) ms's old backup utility.

Here's my problem: I would like to retain the folder timestamps.
In my case, the folders and subfolders contain a number of old
programming projects. If I can remember the name, then its easy
enough to sort (via explorer) alphabetically, and find the project.
But also, I find it helpful in many cases to sort and lookup (also
using explorer) by creation date.

All the utilities that I tested will retain the timestamps of
FILES, but not the FOLDERS -- when they are created on the new
system (or drive) they get the current date/time. This is also
a bit puzzling to me, because the folders/subfolders info in the
zip files do contain the original timestamp -- it's just not
used when restoring the folder/subfolder. (Or, if there is a
provision to use it, I haven't found the parameter or option
that controls that).

I am prepared to go ahead and write my own backup/restore,
but as far as fso is concerned, the directory attributes are
READ-ONLY (ugh!). I think I understand the system api's that
could be used in the script to change the folder/subfolder(s)
timestamps back to what they were when backed up, but if there
are any existing utilities that will do this for me, it's not
worth the effort to "reinvent-the-wheel".

Any thoughts?

cheers, jw
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