[SunHELP] Copying Files with date before 1.1.1970

[Michael Karl]

Thank you,

does anyone have/know a script/tool, which change only creation-dates
before 1.1.1970 during copying files from one server to another?

Regards Michael

> man touch
> 
> 
> On 2/25/03 18:57, "Michael Karl" <mk at lexcom-net.de> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I've a Solaris7-Server (over 560gb of files) with some files/directories
>> (only 2-5.000 :-(?) which have a wrong creation-date. (From 1904 to 1968).
>> (I saw files created by Adobe Illustrator 9 in 1962 - whoooow!)
>> 
>> This Solaris7-Machine is a Helios-EtherShare/PCShare-Server. The corrupt
>> creation-date-files are from Mac- and PC-Clients.
>> 
>> Now, I must transfer these 560gb to a new Solaris8-Server.
>> Every Mac-/PC-Client-, Solaris7 -> Solaris8-access (ftp, cpio, cp, rcp,
>> ufsdump, copying via Helios EtherShare or PCShare etc.) doesn't copy
>> these files/directories with creation-date before 1.1.1970 (the birthday
>> of unix-time).
>> 
>> I'm thinking Solaris 7 has a bug, which accept these wrong creation-dates.
>> But Solaris 8 didn't have this bug anymore. What should I do ?
>> 
>> There are some tools to modify the creation-date ... but that's a
>> really stupid job ... modifying each files/directory ...
>> 
>> Any hints ?
>> 
>> Thanx Michael
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