How to Change modified date

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Am looking for a way to update modified date, for both one or a number of selected files.

Am using a renamer tool for this purpose, but would it not be great to do this using Directory Opus.

Vainly tried to find a solution for this.

Thanks.

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File -> File Commands -> Set Attributes

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Alternatively to Leo's suggestion, if you're wanting to just select some files and update the modified time to the current time then create a button with the following command:

SetAttr MODIFIED=now

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Thank you both!
To be honest, I saw the 'set attributes' thing under file commands but actually did not select that
assuming that it would offer a change in the rsha attributes only, not the date, i.e. I did not know
a change date was possible there... :blush:

thanks again.

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thx a lot !

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I select a file, then look for File -> File Commands ... and it is not there. I right click a file, and I can get to the standard "Properties" dialog, but no "Set Attributes".

The only way I have found within the UI to get to the dialog is to add "Set Attributes" to my toolbar.

Should it not be available thru some menu option, such as the File menu option?

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The thread is rather old and the default toolbars have changed since. It is here now:

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You can also use the Metadata panel (or dialog) to edit dates now.

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Is it possible to do this for all files and folders contained in a folder?

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Click the option shown in my screenshot just above.

There is a checkbox at the bottom of the dialog to do exactly that.

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My apologies, Leo. I missed that checkbox.
I started using the option "Touch modified date" and I was wondering if it was possible to use it on nested files/folders, and didn't ask the question correctly.

Since we're here, is it possible to hold a key (or something like that) to make the "Touch modified date" option modify files inside a folder?

Thank you!

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The Touch Modified Date button runs this command by default:

SetAttr MODIFIED=now

If you wanted it to be recursive when Shift was held down, you could change it to this:

@keydown:none
SetAttr MODIFIED=now
@keydown:shift
SetAttr MODIFIED=now RECURSE