Feature Request: keep original file date/time

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  • Cory Lamle

    (@corylamleorg)

    9 years ago

    It may be possible, this is the first time its ever been asked. It is probably related to the PHP libs such as ZipArchive that handle the extraction.

    pdvnl

    (@pdvnl)

    8 years, 2 months ago

    me too! i would really like the have the dates preserved.
    stackoverflow shows 2 different approaches:

    1. extract the date from the zip file, then touch the extracted file
      http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33910526/php-keep-the-modified-date-of-files-extracted-from-the-zip
    2. replace zip by tar
      http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23600226/how-can-i-extract-files-from-a-zip-folder-using-php-while-retaining-the-files-or
    • This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by pdvnl.
    pdvnl

    (@pdvnl)

    8 years, 1 month ago

    to answer my own question:
    to keep the last modified time for files:

    1) a workaround is to manually extract the zip

    2) insert before $close_response = $zip->close(); (line 214 in ajax.step1.php) the following

            for ( $idx=0; $s = $zip->statIndex( $idx ); $idx++) {
            touch( $target . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $s['name'], $s['mtime'] );
        }

    the zip format has a limitation: the time stamp has a 1 second resolution, and for windows this may be 2 seconds.

    Cory Lamle

    (@corylamleorg)

    8 years ago

    Hey @pdvnl,

    Thanks for providing a solution! We do have this item in the backlog, the problem is that the backlog is rather large and this item was closer to the bottom. However since you do have a possible solution we can try and get it moved up towards the top for the next release. I have also received your help ticket, so lets finish up the conversation there so we don’t loose scope on this request…

    Thanks

    Cory Lamle

    (@corylamleorg)

    8 years ago

    This has been updated as a new feature in 1.1.30. The new setting is under the advanced options in step 1 of the installer. Please let us know if you run into any issues with the new option.

    Thanks

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