Category : File Managers
Archive   : REDATE.ZIP
Filename : REDATE.HLP

NAME

REDATE -- Redate files to today's date and current time, or
remove date entirely.



SYNTAX

REDATE [/option] [d:][path]filespec ...

where option is NONE, LIST, SUMMARY, or QUIET. Default
is SUMMARY.

If d: is omitted, the current drive is assumed.

If path is omitted, the current directory is assumed.

The filespec may include wildcard characters.


DESCRIPTION

REDATE will reset the date to the current system time, or
will remove the date entirely (such that none appears when
the DIR command is used.)

If the NONE option is indicated, the date will be removed.

If the LIST option is indicated, it will list all the files
that it redates.

If the SUMMARY option is indicated, only a summary of the files
redated will be printed.

If the QUIET option is indicated, no output is created -- not
even error messages.


EXAMPLES

To redate the files on drive B:, in the TEMP subdirectory,
issue the following command:

REDATE B:\TEMP\*.*

or the equivalent

REDATE B:\TEMP\

where *.* is assumed if a path is given.

More than one file may be redated using this command, and
they are specified separated by one or more spaces, or a
comma. For example, to redate both THISFILE.DOC and its
backup copy THISFILE.BAK, but not THISFILE.PRN, issue the
following command:

REDATE THISFILE.DOC THISFILE.BAK

Note that multiple wildcard references may be given, so that
to redate all the files in root directories of drives A:, B:,
and C:, issue the following command:

REDATE A:*.* B:*.* C:*.*

or the equivalent

REDATE A: B: C: