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

["Lim Hock-Chai" <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All right.  It work.  Thanks Scott.

"Scott Klement" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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