CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c++cwinapi
SEQUENCE666
SEQUENCE666

Reputation: 19

Preserve old timestamp of file after editing

How to preserve old timestamp after i change it ? i need to do this in win32 api

hfile = CreateFileA(path, //stackoverflow wont allow me submit this unless i include source ugghh >_<
                GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE,
                FILE_SHARE_READ,
                NULL,
                OPEN_EXISTING,
                0,
                NULL);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 226

Answers (2)

Jonathan Potter
Jonathan Potter

Reputation: 37132

You can call SetFileTime on the file handle like so:

FILETIME ft = { MAXDWORD, MAXDWORD };
SetFileTime(hFile, NULL, &ft, &ft);

This stops the system from modifying the timestamps when the file is written to.

Upvotes: 3

shf301
shf301

Reputation: 31394

You can do so by calling GetFileTime before you write the file and and SetFileTime with the original times to restore the file's previous timestamps.

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions