Vista - Set File Creation Date

I have a script that deletes a file 'MyFile.txt' on the local computer and
then copies a newer version of the same file from a network location to the
local computer at the same location as the one it just deleted.

That's okay, but then another process relies on the newly copied file on the
local computer to have a file creation date equal to when the file was copied.

The file creation date seems to be a very hit and miss affair in terms of
how the NTFS file system manages it, sometimes I get a new file creation
date, sometimes not.

After much investigation into how NTFS works I have concluded that file
creation date is not a particularly reliable way of keeping tabs on just how
old a file is - however, be that as it may, I am stuck with it.

So my question is this - using vbscript, can I set the file creation date at
the time of the copy or is this beyond vbscript?

Thanks for any help.

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Regards - Peter

Peter wrote:thethecopied.howatYes, delete the file, sleep 15 seconds, then copy the file.
The key is the 15 second delay between delete and copy.

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Todd Vargo
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Instead of waiting 15 seconds it's better to do 3rd option from
WShell.Run - WaitOnRun
WshShell.Run(Command, [WindowStyle], [WaitOnRun])

You don't have to wait some part of time (by guessing how long it
should wait on it)

Regards,
esska

esska wrote:Try it your way. The file creation date will not be reset. In the off chance
it works, please post the actual code that you used.

In the meantime, 15 seconds is not a guess. it's a default time set by
Windows. Read the following about File System Tunneling (which I recently
learned about in microsoft.public.scripting.wsh).

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=172190

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Todd Vargo
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"Todd Vargo" wrote:
Thanks for the help, yeah the 15 seconds rings a bell and seems to produce a
more reliable result, pity about the introduced delay but can't be avoided.
I had read all about File System Tunnelling, I must admit, I never realised
that the file system did so much until I started investigating this issue.

Thanks again for the help.

Peter