Hi everyone,<br><br>The GNU touch command can be used to set the file modification and/or access dates to any arbitrary datetime value. For some reason, it does not allow the file creation date to be changed.<br><br>>touch --time=modify -t 200112310000 filename<br>>touch --time=access -t 200212310000 filename<br> <br>Does anyone know of a way to change a file's creation date?<br><br>Aside : when viewing the file access date, by using the ls command, it appears that the file access date is reset to the current datetime after the results are displayed. Is there any way to view the file access date without changing it?<br><br>>ls -l --time=access filename<br><br>Thanks,<br>Rick<br><p> 
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