Hi guys,

Is there a way I can ftp some files without changing the last-modified dates from them ?

I haven't seen any ftp option to do so.
Or, alternatively, how do I change the last-modified date for a file, if this is possible... ?


Thanks in advance,
Abrahao.

Hi Abrahao,

I think u can better tar the files , ftp it and untar it at the other end ... and the timestamp would be preserved ... try this way ... i guess this wud be better than changing the timestamp manually

SNS

Abrahao,

You can use rcp command instead to retain modification times access times and modes of the original file. (Use rcp -p)

If you want to change access/modification times use touch command.
touch -m <date-time> <filename>

Regards,
Rajeshwar.

Hi Sabari,

When I FTP GET the file from my (tp) trading partner's server the files are not in tar format. The only access I have to my tp's server is ftp. So I cannot really tar my tp's file. I will ask my tp to tar the file before I FTP GET it. But what if my tp does not want to tar the file? What should I do?

Thanks in advanced,
XZOR

Second time in a week for this question. So I created a new faq article.