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Chtimes is a program written in Go to allow you to fix the create and modification time (MAC time) of files with the classic NAME_yyyymmdd_hhiiss.ext name pattern.
https://github.com/cixtor/chtimes
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Chtimes is a program written in Go to allow you to fix the create and modification time (MAC time) of files with the classic NAME_yyyymmdd_hhiiss.ext name pattern.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cixtor/chtimes
- Owner: cixtor
- License: mit
- Created: 2022-12-13T21:35:42.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-12-24T14:16:16.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-06-20T06:29:01.687Z (6 months ago)
- Language: Go
- Size: 14.6 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
# Chtimes [](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/cixtor/chtimes) [](https://godoc.org/github.com/cixtor/chtimes)
> MAC times are pieces of file system metadata which record when certain events pertaining to a computer file occurred most recently. The events are usually described as "modification" (the data in the file was modified), "access" (some part of the file was read), and "metadata change" (the file's permissions or ownership were modified), although the acronym is derived from the "mtime", "atime", and "ctime" structures maintained by Unix file systems.
>
> A file's modification time describes when the content of the file most recently changed. Because most file systems do not compare data written to a file with what is already there, if a program overwrites part of a file with the same data as previously existed in that location, the modification time will be updated even though the contents did not technically change.
>
> -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_times
## Installation
```
go get -u github.com/cixtor/chtimes
```
## Usage
For a folder with files apparently created on July 2nd, 2021:
```shell
$ ls -l
-rw-r--r-- Jul 2 2021 IMG_20210101_031550.jpg
-rw-r--r-- Jul 2 2021 IMG_20210204_124927.png
-rw-r--r-- Jul 2 2021 IMG_20210309_224507.gif
-rw-r--r-- Jul 2 2021 VID_20210411_123940.mp4
-rw-r--r-- Jul 2 2021 VID_20210515_131809.mov
-rw-r--r-- Jul 2 2021 AUD_20210618_131342.opus
-rw-r--r-- Jul 2 2021 TXT_20210720_201457.json
-rw-r--r-- Jul 2 2021 DOC_20210826_095022.pdf
```
Use `chtimes *.*` to fix the modification time of all files.
```shell
$ chtimes *.*
IMG_20210101_031550.jpg >>> 2021-01-01 03:15:50 -0800
IMG_20210204_124927.png >>> 2021-02-04 12:49:27 -0800
IMG_20210309_224507.gif >>> 2021-03-09 22:45:07 -0800
VID_20210411_123940.mp4 >>> 2021-04-11 12:39:40 -0800
VID_20210515_131809.mov >>> 2021-05-15 13:18:09 -0800
AUD_20210618_131342.opus >>> 2021-06-18 13:13:42 -0800
TXT_20210720_201457.json >>> 2021-07-20 20:14:57 -0800
DOC_20210826_095022.pdf >>> 2021-08-26 09:50:22 -0800
```
Then list the files one more time to see the changes:
```shell
$ ls -l
-rw-r--r-- Jan 1 2021 IMG_20210101_031550.jpg
-rw-r--r-- Feb 4 2021 IMG_20210204_124927.png
-rw-r--r-- Mar 9 2021 IMG_20210309_224507.gif
-rw-r--r-- Apr 11 2021 VID_20210411_123940.mp4
-rw-r--r-- May 15 2021 VID_20210515_131809.mov
-rw-r--r-- Jun 18 2021 AUD_20210618_131342.opus
-rw-r--r-- Jul 20 2021 TXT_20210720_201457.json
-rw-r--r-- Aug 26 2021 DOC_20210826_095022.pdf
```