Date modified not updated after copying?

[sam14189]

Hi All,
I am performing copy operation in batch script (Windows 7 32 bit operating system) but date modified is not updated. For e.g. - If file creation date is 26th April 2010 then after copy command still the date modified is showing as 26th April 2010 whereas it should be today's date because that is when copy function was executed. I googled it and i found that there is another parameter - "Date Created" which shows correct date. But i want "Date modified" to be updated to reflect time when copy was done.
Can anyone please help?

[pieh-ejdsch]

hallo,

you can use an empty file before copy

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for %i in (source) do type nul>target\%i  && copy /y %i target

Phil

[sam14189]

Well thanks! I got better solution:
copy filename.txt /B+ ,,/Y

[Squashman]

Well thanks! I got better solution:
copy filename.txt /B+ ,,/Y

Yep. That code has been posted before and linked to Microsoft's KB article.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/69581