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- DATEFILE.DOC - Documentation for DateFile version 1.03 05/08/1991
-
- Documentation and executable code Copyright (c) 1991 Michael E. Ralphson
-
-
- Disclaimer:
- ===========
-
- The Author retains copyright in that he alone has the right to make copies for
- profit. In all other respects users may treat this software as if it were in
- the Public Domain, as long as the package is distributed whole and unmodified.
-
- In my opinion this software is perfectly safe and is free of any serious bugs,
- however I have to make it clear that use of this software constitutes the
- user's full acknowledgement that the author takes no responsibility WHATSOEVER
- for the consequences of such use.
-
- Commercial users must register within 30 days if they wish to continue using
- this software. For non-commercial users registration is purely voluntary. See
- enclosed Register.Txt for more information.
-
-
- Introduction:
- =============
-
- DateFile is a companion program to DateCopy and DateRen. It alters the last
- modified-on stamp (the date-time stamp) of files quickly and easily.
-
- DateFile owes its existence to Mark Cracknell who originally asked for such a
- utility and specified how it should work.
-
-
- Usage:
- ======
-
- Basically there are four different combinations of DateFile operations.
-
- 1) DateFile <filespec>
-
- DateFile will 're-touch' all those files covered by <filespec> (eg: *.*) with
- the current system date and time.
-
- 2) DateFile <filespec> <date>
-
- As above, but the date is as specified and the time is 00:00:00 (which does not
- show up in DIRectory listings under most versions of DOS).
-
- 3) DateFile <filespec> <date> <time>
-
- As above, but the time-stamp is as specified in the command-line.
-
- 4) DateFile <filespec> today <time>
-
- Mainly for batch files. The date-stamp is set to the current system date, while
- the time-stamp is set to that specified in the command-line. This might be used
- to indicate a version number, eg:
-
- DateFile c:\release\*.* today 0100
-
- Would stamp all the files in the directory C:\RELEASE with today's date and
- 1:00 as the time-stamp (indicating version 1.00).
-
-
- Other Notes:
- ============
-
- DateFile is functional with any date between the first of January 1980 (the
- date set on many computers if the battery backed-up clock fails) and the
- thirty-first of December 2079.
-
- On the command-line when specifying dates always include leading zeroes. For
- instance always enter 01JAN91 rather than 1JAN91. This also applies to month
- numbers if you use the numeric format, ie: always 010190 rather than 1190!
-
- The format for specified <time> is always 24-hour clock (military) either HHMM
- or HHMMSS if you wish to specify seconds.
-
-
- Revision History:
- =================
-
- 1.01 - Never existed. Date-Utility versions are always the same.
-
- 1.02 - From Mark Cracknell's original specification.
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- 1.03 - General revision, display new stamp.
-