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using System;
using System.IO;
void timeStomp(String targetFile)
{
targetFile = Path.GetFullPath(targetFile);
if (!File.Exists(targetFile))
{
throw new FileNotFoundException(String.Format("File \"{0}\" does not exists.", targetFile));
}
string? parentDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(targetFile);
bool isInRoot = false;
if (parentDirectory == null)
{
parentDirectory = Directory.GetDirectoryRoot(targetFile);
isInRoot = true;
}
var options = new EnumerationOptions()
{
IgnoreInaccessible = true,
RecurseSubdirectories = true,
AttributesToSkip = FileAttributes.System | FileAttributes.Hidden,
};
var candidates = new DirectoryInfo(parentDirectory)
.GetFiles("*.*", options)
.Where(file => !file.FullName.Equals(targetFile, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
.OrderByDescending(file => file.LastWriteTime)
.ToList();
FileInfo? candidate = null;
if (candidates.Count > 0)
{
candidate = candidates.First();
}
else if (!isInRoot)
{
candidate = new FileInfo(parentDirectory);
}
if (candidate != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Using \"{0}\" file for timeStomping...", candidate));
File.SetCreationTime(targetFile, candidate.CreationTime);
File.SetLastAccessTime(targetFile, candidate.LastAccessTime);
File.SetLastWriteTime(targetFile, candidate.LastWriteTime);
Console.WriteLine("Done.");
}
else
{
throw new Exception("Could not find suitable existing file for timeStomping...");
}
}
timeStomp("G:\\test\\sub7.exe");
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