creating a new file

[David Faure]

On Wednesday 29 May 2002 22:30, JES wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 May 2002 22:51, David Faure wrote:
> > On Tuesday 28 May 2002 20:23, JES wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Is it correct that the creation date of a file, created in konqueror with
> > > RMB -> "Create New" -> "Text File..." is set to 14/7/00 ?
> >
> > A copy preserves the modification time of the original file,
> > so you get the time of your template ;)
> >
> > > Or is this a bug ?
> >
> > Arguably it is one, yes. We should "touch" the file after copying it.
> > Dunno how to do that in a network-transparent way though (e.g. over FTP)
> For ftp, you don't have to 'touch', because the new file will be transferred 
> over ftp, getting the right creation date. I guess it's only for file:/ , 
> isn't it ?

Fixed.

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