Need help using the copy command

Hello, does anyone know if there is a switch that can be used with the copy command to update the Date Modified to the current datetime on the destination?

No there is not.

I just found something on the Microsoft site....have you seen copy /b?

This does not seem to be working for me but this is what I found on Microsoft.....

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx?mfr=true

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Changing the time and date of a file

If you want to assign the current time and date to a file without modifying the file, use the following syntax:

copy /b Source+,,

I stand corrected.

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C:\Program Files\gzip\bin>dir znew
 Volume in drive C is WinXP
 Volume Serial Number is FC8E-1A32

 Directory of C:\Program Files\gzip\bin

03/04/2007  10:59             4,956 znew
               1 File(s)          4,956 bytes
               0 Dir(s)   3,556,474,880 bytes free

C:\Program Files\gzip\bin>copy /b znew+,,
        1 file(s) copied.

C:\Program Files\gzip\bin>dir znew
 Volume in drive C is WinXP
 Volume Serial Number is FC8E-1A32

 Directory of C:\Program Files\gzip\bin

12/11/2009  20:19             4,956 znew
               1 File(s)          4,956 bytes
               0 Dir(s)   3,556,474,880 bytes free

I have been testing this:

copy /b g:\WO_CompletionFinal_Trigger.txt \\'ServerName'\CFCSourcing\WO_CompletionFinal_Trigger.txt

Any suggestions as to why this does not work?

Does this work?

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copy /b g:\WO_CompletionFinal_Trigger.txt \\'ServerName'\CFCSourcing
Do you have write access  permission on the target drive?

Yes. I have been placing other files there as well and the Date Modified on the destination retains the create date (Date Modified) from the source. I was thinking I had something wrong syntactically?

You missed out the plus sign and the two commas.

I think you would have to apply the copy /b source+,, syntax once the file has been copied over like this

so try this

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copy g:\WO_CompletionFinal_Trigger.txt \\'ServerName'\CFCSourcing\WO_CompletionFinal_Trigger.txt
copy /b \\'ServerName'\CFCSourcing\WO_CompletionFinal_Trigger.txt+,,


KISS

D:\$A>copy junk + "" test /b

junk keeps date
test has today's date
Both are same size
no space between quotes
This is in the XP command ine

I really appreciate the feedback Salmon, unfortunately the "copy /b \\'ServerName'\CFCSourcing\WO_CompletionFinal_Trigger.txt+,," added to the batch file did not work.

I have the destination mapped on the source computer and am viewing the files with Explorer. Do you think its just a Windows 'thing' that shows the same date on the same file? I have asked for someone to verify the Date Modified on their side (destination) to see if it is in fact the same, or later as a result of my testing (and I just can't see it on the destination side while looking at it from the source). Thankfully other processes are dependent upon its existence only and not the date it was placed on the destination. But I think that it would still be useful, short of creating a time log.

Geek-9pm,

How would I apply the syntax you provided to this statement?...

copy /b g:\WO_CompletionFinal_Trigger.txt \\'ServerName'\CFCSourcing\WO_CompletionFinal_Trigger.txt

This statement works, however the date is not changing on the destination, (from what I can tell...see above)   

Here is the model:
copy  source  + "" target  /b

Long stings of text make it hard for me to debug. The computer is faster taht me, so let it do some of the work.

Inside  a batch I  would put
edit: correction made on code lines below

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set source=g:\WO_CompletionFinal_Trigger.txt
set target=\\'ServerName'\CFCSourcing\WO_CompletionFinal_Trigger.txt
copy %source% + "" %target% /b


Well I wish I could tell you it worked but it did not.

I appreciate the responses!

corrections made above.

Hello, does anyone know if there is a switch that can be used with the copy command to update the Date Modified to the current datetime on the destination?

You can do it natively through vbscript. assuming you already map to e:\

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Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments
strFileToCopy = objArgs(0)  'file to copy
strDestination = objArgs(1)  'copy to destination
strComputer = "10.10.10.10"  'your remote computer IP
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set ColDate = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_LocalTime")
' Get remote computer date and time
For each strDate in ColDate
 strDateToChange = CDate(strDate.Day & " " & strDate.Month & " " & strDate.Year)
 strTimeToChange = CDate(strDate.Hour & ":" & strDate.Minute & ":" & strDate.Second  )
Next
' copy the file over to destination
objFS.CopyFile strFileToCopy,strDestination & "/" & strFileToCopy
Set objFolder = objShell.NameSpace(strDestination)
' set the file time stamp to that of the remote
objFolder.Items.Item(strFileToCopy).ModifyDate = strDateToChange & " " & strTimeToChange
Set objWMIService = Nothing
Set objFolder = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
usage:

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c:\test> cscript /nologo modifydate.vbs "file.txt" "e:\destination"