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Oftentimes it is desirable to exclusively change a few specific components of a file's modification, access, or change time. However, the method provided by the conventional touch utility appears inadequate for this basic task. More than that, easily modifying a file's change time is not possible at all.
Stroke is a small tool that offers a solution by providing a user with an extended command line interface that allows her to utilize an easy syntax to dynamically specify certain date and time components to be altered.

All in all stroke can be seen as a potent alternative to touch that leaves a user with more options.

Features

Dynamic alternative to Linux touch tool
Can change ctime
Powerful extensive syntax to modify time components of files (inodes)

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License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

BSD, Linux

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, System Administrators

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

Related Categories

C File Managers, C Topic Software

Registered

2009-05-19

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