Re: How to effectively modify the last access time of a file

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From: Ed Mulroy
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:21

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Good catch - one more of Microsoft's API "secret codes".

.  Ed

> JF Jolin wrote in message
> news:op.tqbd12qajr09w3@localhost...
>
> Hi Mark
>
> I'm using BCB 5.5.1
>
> Some programs can modify that date.
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724933.aspx
>
>
> For example with Microsoft it is possible to set this parameter to -1 like
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>    SetFileTime( hFile, &fTimeCreate, &fTimeLastAccess, &fTimeLastWrite );
>
>    memset(&fTimeLastWrite, 0xFF, sizeof(FILETIME) );
>    SetFileTime( hFile, &fTimeCreate, &fTimeLastAccess, &fTimeLastWrite );
>    CloseHandle( hFile );
>
> So the CloseHandle instruction doesn't alter that time.
>
>
> Another alternative is to modify directly the file system.
> But I don't know how ?

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