In article <5114cd2a4cbriancarroll@xxxxxxx>, Brian Carroll <briancarroll@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes, that is a good explanation of what happens. I still would > like the newly-created directory to be 'stamped' back to its > original date-time. Moving a directory, which copies first then > deletes, appears to preserve the datestamp so it can be done. This is an interesting point. One of the things I have done in my wisdom to try to speed things up is (where circumstances allow) to do a delete + rename rather than a copy delete. This applies when using a scrap directory and moving/copying files from secondary to the scrap directory, but a consequence is that the associated following copy from primary to secondary will now involve recreation of any secondary directories involved. Perhaps another user setting is waiting in the wings! Chris... -- Chris... To unsubscribe or subscribe goto: //www.freelists.org/list/davidpilling