On May 20, 1996 at 15:50, Paul Edwards of 3:711/934.9 wrote:

 db>> Does that mean these directories are now 100% back in working order?
[...]
 PE> Not quite 100%, the dates had all been trashed (to 1996-05-19 or
 PE> something).  But thanks to a C program I whipped up, I was able
 PE> to use my files list to recover the dates!  So yes, 100% now.
 PE> Well, except for the times anyway, the times all got set to
 PE> midday instead of whatever they used to be.  BFN.  Paul.

Oh well, that's nothing to worry about.

 PE> printf("touch -d 19%.2s-%.2s-%.2sT19:00 %.12s\n",

Ahh yes, writing a program to create a script to be run separately - must
admit, I do that periodically, although I write the "script
generator" in a scripting language itself, rather then C...

Cheers..


    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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