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Guido van Rossum5378d5c1991-12-18 13:38:27 +00001#! /usr/local/python
2
3# Copy one file's atime and mtime to another
4
5import sys
6import posix
7from stat import ST_ATIME, ST_MTIME # Really constants 7 and 8
8
9def main():
10 if len(sys.argv) <> 3:
11 sys.stderr.write('usage: copytime source destination\n')
12 sys.exit(2)
13 file1, file2 = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
14 try:
15 stat1 = posix.stat(file1)
16 except posix.error:
17 sys.stderr.write(file1 + ': cannot stat\n')
18 sys.exit(1)
19 try:
20 posix.utime(file2, (stat1[ST_ATIME], stat1[ST_MTIME]))
21 except posix.error:
22 sys.stderr.write(file2 + ': cannot change time\n')
23 sys.exit(2)
24
25main()