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echo: mbse
to: Vince Coen
from: Andrew Leary
date: 2015-07-13 00:37:16
subject: File date

Hello Vince!

Sunday July 12 2015 14:07, Vince Coen wrote to Andrew Leary:

 >> The file database contains the upload date, file date (read from
 >> disk), and the last download date.  There is an option in the
 >> fileecho setup to keep the filedate on import; if this is set then
 >> the upload date is set the same as the filedate on disk.  If not,
 >> the upload date is set to the date/time the file was
 >> processed/added to the file database.

 VC> Just tried to find those settings but couldn't - can you give me a
 VC> clue (been so long since playing with that area).

mbsetup 1 global configuration -> 10 file processing -> 6 keep date.

 VC> That said this is the area that needs a fix to optionally allow for
 VC> all archive file imports to have the file date updated by that of the
 VC> newest file within the archive other than that of file_id.diz and at
 VC> the same time updating the file database.  Had similar in Maximus.

This will take some work to implement.  I'll look into it.

Andrew

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