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Greetings, Fergus Daly!

> In Cygwin (and on some, not all, Linux file systems) the command
> $ stat filename
> shows all of Access, Modify, Change and Birth times of a file.
> The command
> $ touch [options] filename
> will alter some or all of Access, Modify, Change times, as specified
> in [options].
> Is it possible in Cygwin (or for that matter in Windows) to alter the
> Birth time of a file or directory?

Technically yes, but not with standard tools.
You'd need something like filemanager with necessary capability, or a custom
written tool.


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Monday, October 12, 2020 10:07:57

Sorry for my terrible english...

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