Re: Problems with SetFileTime()

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From: Ed Mulroy [TeamB]
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 02:21

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I also had occasional problems with the last write time until I started
calling FlushFileBuffers immediately before the call to CloseHandle.

.  Ed

> nicolasr wrote in message
> news:3f90a297$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> thanks Remy,
> I googled for this problem and I seem to remember that
> I read the post you refer to. So, it seems like the function
> SetFileTime() is practically useless for setting the last
> access time.
> What I find curious, though, is that Microsoft tells you to
> get a handle via CreateFile(), then set the file time and then
> close the handle what causes the System to update the file
> access date.
> I guess I will have to constrain the user to change the last
> write and creation date only.

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