>>>Hidy,
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>>>I'm not so sure. I believe that the time stamps are stored in the FAT. I don't think it would be practical to cache information going there, especially if the handle had been closed. Seems like asking for trouble.
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>>That's *if* the drive is using FAT. I don't know how it would work on NTFS, Novell, etc.
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>Hi Craig,
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>Oh phooey, it's Friday isn't it.:-) I didn't mean it to be taken so literally. Whatever file system is used (same results on both NT and Novell). Darn acronyms:-).
I don't think it really matters. If the drive controller is caching the write, then the OS may not have detected the change yet.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer