I am using BC for many years now. In the following I am referring to the version 3.3.4 Pro Edition for Windows, running under Windows XP Home Edition SP3. I am also referring solely to comparing and copying/synchronising files between local drives on a single machine (although these are virtual truecrypt drives in my case, but this should not be of importance). All file systems are NTSF.
Recently (all too late, in fact) I became aware of the fact that while copying files, BC does not preserve the "Created" time stamp (BTW, directory time stamps are not important to me, just file time stamps, of which "Modified" is preserved and "Last accessed" is of no much use per definition). To my surprise, I was also not able to find any setting that could optionally bring the BC to preserve this time stamp.
Since I would very much like to use BC further (actually, it would be very hard not to use it) and at the same time the preservation of the original file's "Created" time stamp became quite important for me, I have the following questions:
I understand that there is a logic in that "Created" time stamp of a newly created file reflects what the time stamp created by OS. Nevertheless, I am asking about this option, because two other essential tools I use in my daily work indeed do optionally support the preservation of "Created" time stamp, so this is technically feasible: XYplorer file explorer and Siren image file renaming tool.
Thank you for your time.
Regards,
Borut
Recently (all too late, in fact) I became aware of the fact that while copying files, BC does not preserve the "Created" time stamp (BTW, directory time stamps are not important to me, just file time stamps, of which "Modified" is preserved and "Last accessed" is of no much use per definition). To my surprise, I was also not able to find any setting that could optionally bring the BC to preserve this time stamp.
Since I would very much like to use BC further (actually, it would be very hard not to use it) and at the same time the preservation of the original file's "Created" time stamp became quite important for me, I have the following questions:
- Is my finding correct - "Created" time stamp is not being preserved?
- Is there any option for preserving "Created" time stamp already?
- If no, is there any plan to implement such an option?
I understand that there is a logic in that "Created" time stamp of a newly created file reflects what the time stamp created by OS. Nevertheless, I am asking about this option, because two other essential tools I use in my daily work indeed do optionally support the preservation of "Created" time stamp, so this is technically feasible: XYplorer file explorer and Siren image file renaming tool.
Thank you for your time.
Regards,
Borut
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