Hi Alan,
 
Try this
 
http://files.chatnfiles.com/The%20Pier%20Shareware%206/016/files.htm
 
Scroll to the bottom of the page and download ZCPY31.ZIP (44KB)
 
I tested it and it appears to work.
 
First I created two directories- "1" and "2" in the root C:\.
I copied some files into folder 1.
 
Then I executed this:
 
zcopy c:\1\*.* c:\2 /U
 
Everything in my folder 1 was copied to folder 2, retaining the timestamp
 
btw- the URL above indicates shareware- I cant see any indication of shareware since the readme file says:
 
" ZCOPY is here-by placed in Public Domain and can be considered freeware, ZCOPY may not be sold, hired, leased or modified, it may be freely copied as a complete package, usage of ZCOPY in commercial environments is only permitted with explicit approvement of the Author of ZCOPY (Chris Buijs).
"
 

cheers alec- I thing the flavour of the week seems to be nifty tools!

I use robocopy frequently to synchronize my USB drives.
Robocopy is included in the NT4/2000/2003 Resource kits.
 
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...;displaylang=en
 
By default it keeps the timestamps of the source file.
 
 
There is also XXCOPY
 
http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm#summary
 
 
Robocopy vs XXCOPY
 
http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy30.htm

Genius