Vista - Set folder date to newest file

07-09-2009

I would like to traverse all subfolders of a root and set folder date as the latest file within. Modified date, that is.

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-- HAL07, Engineering Services, Norway

07-10-2009

HAL07 wrote:

Quote:

> I would like to traverse all subfolders of a root and set folder date
> as the latest file within. Modified date, that is.

I don't beleive this is possible, you can modify the folder to change
the last modified date to the current date, but cannot "spoof" the date.

Regards,

Mark D. MacLachlan

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07-10-2009

Mark D. MacLachlan wrote:

Quote:

> HAL07 wrote:
>

Quote:

>> I would like to traverse all subfolders of a root and set folder date
>> as the latest file within. Modified date, that is.

>
> I don't beleive this is possible, you can modify the folder to change
> the last modified date to the current date, but cannot "spoof" the date.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark D. MacLachlan
>

I found the following in powershell:
$folder = "c:\files"
$search = $folder + "\*.*"
$a = get-childitem $search | sort-object LastWriteTime | select-object -last 1
$b = Get-Item $folder
$b.LastWriteTime = $a.LastWriteTime

Bah. That won't help me much. Are you sure it's not possible on vbscript? Powershell is not installed on all my servers, and some
servers are beyond my control.
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-- HAL07, Engineering Services, Norway

07-11-2009

HAL07 wrote:

Quote:

> Mark D. MacLachlan wrote:

Quote:

> > HAL07 wrote:
> >

Quote:

> > > I would like to traverse all subfolders of a root and set folder
> > > date as the latest file within. Modified date, that is.

> >
> > I don't beleive this is possible, you can modify the folder to
> > change the last modified date to the current date, but cannot
> > "spoof" the date.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark D. MacLachlan
> >

> I found the following in powershell:
> $folder = "c:\files"
> $search = $folder + "\*.*"
> $a = get-childitem $search | sort-object LastWriteTime |
> select-object -last 1 $b = Get-Item $folder
> $b.LastWriteTime = $a.LastWriteTime
>
> Bah. That won't help me much. Are you sure it's not possible on
> vbscript? Powershell is not installed on all my servers, and some
> servers are beyond my control.

Have you tested that with PowerShell? I have not tested it but it
seems to me it should not work. Anyway, if it does work, you should be
able to target remote servers even if they don't have PowerShell. Just
reference the remote server via UNC.

$folder = "\\remoteserver\c$\files"

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07-09-2009	#1 (permalink)
HAL07 n/a posts	Set folder date to newest file I would like to traverse all subfolders of a root and set folder date as the latest file within. Modified date, that is. -- -- HAL07, Engineering Services, Norway
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07-10-2009	#2 (permalink)
Mark D. MacLachlan n/a posts	Re: Set folder date to newest file HAL07 wrote: Quote: > I would like to traverse all subfolders of a root and set folder date > as the latest file within. Modified date, that is. I don't beleive this is possible, you can modify the folder to change the last modified date to the current date, but cannot "spoof" the date. Regards, Mark D. MacLachlan --
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07-10-2009	#3 (permalink)
HAL07 n/a posts	Re: Set folder date to newest file Mark D. MacLachlan wrote: Quote: > HAL07 wrote: > Quote: >> I would like to traverse all subfolders of a root and set folder date >> as the latest file within. Modified date, that is. > > I don't beleive this is possible, you can modify the folder to change > the last modified date to the current date, but cannot "spoof" the date. > > Regards, > > Mark D. MacLachlan > I found the following in powershell: $folder = "c:\files" $search = $folder + "\." $a = get-childitem $search \| sort-object LastWriteTime \| select-object -last 1 $b = Get-Item $folder $b.LastWriteTime = $a.LastWriteTime Bah. That won't help me much. Are you sure it's not possible on vbscript? Powershell is not installed on all my servers, and some servers are beyond my control. -- -- HAL07, Engineering Services, Norway
My System Specs

07-11-2009	#4 (permalink)
Mark D. MacLachlan n/a posts	Re: Set folder date to newest file HAL07 wrote: Quote: > Mark D. MacLachlan wrote: Quote: > > HAL07 wrote: > > Quote: > > > I would like to traverse all subfolders of a root and set folder > > > date as the latest file within. Modified date, that is. > > > > I don't beleive this is possible, you can modify the folder to > > change the last modified date to the current date, but cannot > > "spoof" the date. > > > > Regards, > > > > Mark D. MacLachlan > > > I found the following in powershell: > $folder = "c:\files" > $search = $folder + "\." > $a = get-childitem $search \| sort-object LastWriteTime \| > select-object -last 1 $b = Get-Item $folder > $b.LastWriteTime = $a.LastWriteTime > > Bah. That won't help me much. Are you sure it's not possible on > vbscript? Powershell is not installed on all my servers, and some > servers are beyond my control. Have you tested that with PowerShell? I have not tested it but it seems to me it should not work. Anyway, if it does work, you should be able to target remote servers even if they don't have PowerShell. Just reference the remote server via UNC. $folder = "\\remoteserver\c$\files" --
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