Preserving file modification date

timvn · Post by **timvn** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:03 pm

Hi

I've been using WildEdit for a while and I'd like to be able to make modifications to text (XML) files in such a way that I can preserve or restore the original 'last modified' date. I need this because I want to generate manual editing activity stats, which currently are destroyed when I go in with WildEdit and make global changes to the markup or what have you.

I can't see any preference settings to ask WildEdit to retain the last modified timestamp. Is there such an option?

Tim

paleolith · Post by **paleolith** » Thu May 20, 2010 4:41 pm

If the last modified date is that important (which is common), then you probably need some kind of version control system. I haven't used the modern ones, but I believe that Subversion and CVS are both popular and both free.

Edward