gawk: append doesn't datestamp (PC)

I expect it is some feature of Mr Gates', but it suprises me that when I copy a file using "copy" (which gives the old datestamp) and then append a bit - the datestamp remains that of the old file.

The following files are attached

OLDTEXT                 13 15/04/03 21:15 oldtext -- a bit of text
SOMEMORE                13 15/04/03 21:19 somemore -- somemore
UNDATED AWK           213 15/04/03 21:47 undated.awk -- the awk script
NEWTEXT                 26 15/04/03 21:15 newtext -- the generated concatenation

SCREEN a (character based) screen dump of the process.

The screen dump text follows:-

C:\chris\progs\gawkerr>edit undated.awk

C:\chris\progs\gawkerr>del newtext

C:\chris\progs\gawkerr>gawk -f undated.awk
1 file(s) copied

C:\chris\progs\gawkerr>gawk --version | gawk NR==1
GNU Awk 3.0.3

C:\chris\progs\gawkerr>dir /a-d

Volume in drive C is CHRISW02
Volume Serial Number is 3963-1D04
Directory of C:\chris\progs\gawkerr

OLDTEXT                 13 15/04/03 21:15 oldtext
SOMEMORE                13 15/04/03 21:19 somemore
UNDATED AWK           213 15/04/03 21:47 undated.awk
NEWTEXT                 26 15/04/03 21:15 newtext
         4 file(s)            265 bytes
         0 dir(s)        8,833.06 MB free

C:\chris\progs\gawkerr>

The system data is:

Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.1998
Upgrade using Full OEM CD /SrcDir=D:\WIN98 /IQ /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
IE 4.0 4.72.3110
Uptime: 0:05:24:15
Normal mode
On "B6V6O9" as "Chris Willis"

AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
256MB RAM
65% system resources free
Windows-managed swap file on drive C (8817MB free)
Available space on drive C: 8817MB of 19083MB (FAT32)

I hope this isn't my stupidity.

It is none urgent. I have bypassed the problem by copying the first bit by script. The file then has a suitable datestamp.

Regards - Chris Willis

From:	Chris Willis
Subject:	gawk: append doesn't datestamp (PC)
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2003 22:23:53 +0100