[request] File Browser - preserve modification time when copying a file

asked 2016-01-04 20:23:04 +0200

Laura gravatar image

File Browser is a really useful application, especially for people like me with a preference for GUIs.

There's only one thing that could be handled better, to my mind.

If you take a video, for example, and then copy it to the SD card in order to have a back-up, all information on the recording time gets lost because change time and modification time are set to the current time.

As the content of the file isn't changed by copying, I see no reasons for / advantages of using "cp" instead of "cp -p" in File Browser.

That's why I personally would like to have the possibility to copy files preserving their timestamps in a future update of File Browser.

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That is pretty much standard behaviour... and I doubt that the developer of File Browser reads and follows TJC carefully enough to catch your complaint, you are probably better off filing an issue on github.

chemist ( 2016-01-04 21:27:22 +0200 )edit

Thanks for your advice. I had found another request about File Browser on TJC, so I had originally thought it would be possible to ask here instead of creating an account anywhere else.

Laura ( 2016-01-07 01:20:19 +0200 )edit
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@Laura maybe he reads the comments section in the Jolla-Store?

chemist ( 2016-01-07 01:25:21 +0200 )edit

Good idea. I'll try to write my request a bit shorter.

Laura ( 2016-01-07 15:33:34 +0200 )edit