STILL not copying creation times and not setting folder mod time
I have been a loyal Beyond Compare user for 12 years, frequently recommending it to my friends, colleagues, and clients. But alas! There is one issue that forces me to ditch BC and go back to the command-line robocopy...copying created (and access) time for folders and files, and properly setting folder modified time.
I've asked for this from BC repeatedly for over a decade, but it has never been implemented. I do not understand why creation/access time is such a big deal to copy. As a programmer, I know how easy it is--one line of code. That's all. There is simply no excuse not give users the option to copy it.
Folder date is almost as easy...last thing you do after copying the contents of a folder is set its modified time. You're already setting the folder mod time, but you just need to set it after you copy contents instead of before.
Obviously you don't realize how critical these attributes are to people who move data around on a regular basis because otherwise you would have implemented it sometime over the past 12 years. When you're dealing with terabytes of data spanning decades, accurate folder dates help quickly weed out old vs. active data. Creation times help isolate old content vs. new content, even when both modified dates might be recent. If I use BC to move data, suddenly everything was created today and every folder has today's date. Completely unacceptable, especially for a program that is so full-featured otherwise.
So still no creation time copying, folder modified time still not copying correctly, and reduced functionality toolbar...rather disappointing upgrade.
I've asked for this from BC repeatedly for over a decade, but it has never been implemented. I do not understand why creation/access time is such a big deal to copy. As a programmer, I know how easy it is--one line of code. That's all. There is simply no excuse not give users the option to copy it.
Folder date is almost as easy...last thing you do after copying the contents of a folder is set its modified time. You're already setting the folder mod time, but you just need to set it after you copy contents instead of before.
Obviously you don't realize how critical these attributes are to people who move data around on a regular basis because otherwise you would have implemented it sometime over the past 12 years. When you're dealing with terabytes of data spanning decades, accurate folder dates help quickly weed out old vs. active data. Creation times help isolate old content vs. new content, even when both modified dates might be recent. If I use BC to move data, suddenly everything was created today and every folder has today's date. Completely unacceptable, especially for a program that is so full-featured otherwise.
So still no creation time copying, folder modified time still not copying correctly, and reduced functionality toolbar...rather disappointing upgrade.
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