Hi, and thanks for the reply.
A modified filename or a file copied to a sub-directory does change the folder modified date.
That’s not the idea I was thinking. I think we are talking about two different ideas, so let me clarify what I’m trying to do.
Filtering only certain subfolders
For example I want to move Temp.
Temp
├─ Folder1
├─ Folder2
└─ Folder3
but I only want the filter to apply to specific subfolders—namely Folder2 and Folder3. As for Folder1 the files inside should not be affected by the filter at all. What I’m trying to figure out is whether a filter can be restricted so it only applies to certain directories during the copy/move.
Selecting only the last few created files
The second thing I’m trying to understand is whether there’s a way to build a filter that selects only the last 3–4 created files in a folder. I know I can filter by date ranges, but in some folders I don’t track dates closely. In those cases, the only relevant files are simply the most recently created ones, and I’m trying to see if a filter can express that logic.
I recently discussed and helped with something in Directory Opus in this post. It’s not directly about filters, but it made me wonder whether I could combine that approach which covers newest files with filtering. I will look into it and report back.
Thank You