On 6/28/13, Cal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Okay. How do you use SetFile? (I don't even know where to start with that.) > > John Baltutis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> On Jun 23, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Cal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>> I seem to remember that there was an osax that would permit changing a >>>> file's creation date. >>>> If such a beast exists these days, would some tell me where to find it? >>> users can use a "do shell script" and set the modification and creation time >>> using " touch -r " or "touch -m" or combined touch -mt. >> AFAICT, the t option changes the access and mod times. Nothing in touch >>changes >> the creatlon date. For that use SetFile Launch the Terminal and type in man SetFile. If it pops up, then it's installed. To change the creation date try: SetFile -d "date" path to file where where date is a string of theform: "mm/dd/[yy]yy [hh:mm:[:ss] [AM | PM]]"