Set the timestamp on a Linux file in C#

Question

does anyone know how to set the time-stamp of a Linux (text) file to an arbitrary value, not necessarily the current time, using C#?

For example, could I run code to change the timestamp of filepath/foobar to Thu 04 Oct 1995 09:15:00 AM CDT?

Preferably, this would work for both the accessed and modified stamps.

Thank you!

lafferjm · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-05 02:08:34Z

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If I am understanding the question you would want to use File.SetLastWriteTime(). More information on it can be found here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.file.setlastwritetime.aspx

answered Oct 5, 2012 at 2:08

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That does the trick. Is there a similar way to modify the last read time? File.SetLastReadTime doesn't seem to exist.

You should be able to set it with LastAccessTime() msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…