Re: Problems with SetFileTime()

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 02:35

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"nicolasr" <nicolasrNOSPAMATSIGNgmx.net> wrote in message
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> I googled for this problem and I seem to remember
> that I read the post you refer to.

I referred to a page that listed many postings, not a specific one.

> So, it seems like the function SetFileTime() is practically
> useless for setting the last access time.

If you read the other postings in that search, you will see that many of
them who experience the same symptoms as you turned out that something else
external to their code was accessing the files and resetting the timestamps
separately.

> 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.

Under normal circumstances, that does work, yes.


Gambit

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