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#!/bin/sh

# Set modification date of the current (or specified) directory

# to the earliest file in that directory.

# License: LGPLv2

# I use this when I don't want to record when I (re)filed something,

# and would like the directories to be ordered by date of the contents.

# Digital camera pictures is usually what I use this for.

[ -z "$1" ] && set "."

file=`find $1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf "%p\t%T@\n" | sort -k2,2n | head -1 | cut -f1`

[ -z "$file" ] && exit

filedate=`date --reference="$file" +%y%m%d%H%M`

touch -c -t $filedate $1

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