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Swifty Donor
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Preserve timestamp isn't preserving it

2012-09-14 08:26

I've just moved (hurriedly) from XP to Win7 and then installed 4.3.9 (Build 1817). I got no chance to capture my settings, so I'm starting from scratch.

I just transferred a file , from local to remote as follows:

Local file: xxxx.html size:5,466 Changed:09/09/2012 13:16:16
Original remote file: xxxx.html size:5,390 Changed:09/09/2012 10:14
New remote file (according to WinSCP): xxxx.html size:5,390 Changed:14/09/2012 07:02

There's a couple of odd things going on:

1. The indicated size hasn't changed. The file itself is now 5,466 bytes, as expected
2. The "Changed" timestamp shows the time/date of the transfer, but I have "Preserve Timestamp" in effect

Are these easily fixed?

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martin◆ Site Admin
Joined:: 2002-12-10
Posts:: 41,441
Location:: Prague, Czechia

Re: Preserve timestamp isn't preserving it

2012-09-21

Swifty wrote:

1. The indicated size hasn't changed. The file itself is now 5,466 bytes, as expected

Does this explain it?
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_transfer_size_change

2. The "Changed" timestamp shows the time/date of the transfer, but I have "Preserve Timestamp" in effect

Please attach a full log file showing the problem.

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