Re: sftp - how to retain the last modified date of downloading file

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lim,

You should be able to do a get -P.  For example:

get -P U_USMO_EEDATAFILE.txt /tmp/prpayin.txt

The -P switch tells it to copy the permissions, access time and 
modification time from the remote system to the local one.  So after a 
get -P, your IFS file should have the same modification time as the 
remote one you're fetching.

You can then use the stat() API, or the QShell attr utility, etc, to get 
the date/time when the file was modified into a program, if needed.

Good luck


Lim Hock-Chai wrote:
> Is there a way to retain the last modified date of the file on the
> server that I'm downloading from?  Note: I'm using sftp thru OpenSSL.  
> Below is my sftp script:
>  
> cd /Exports                                 
> get U_USMO_EEDATAFILE.txt /tmp/prpayin.txt  
> exit    
>  
> thanks