Is there a way to highlight a recently created or recently modified file in a folder? If not, can that be added to a Wish List?
For example, If the created time of a file is within X minutes of the current time (where X can be specified by the user in Preference) the file would have a user specified foreground/background color. Similarly, if the file modified date is within Y minutes of the current system time (where Y can be specified by the user in Preference) the file would have a user specified foreground/background color.
Yes, that could be easily done. In the preferences, under gobal filters (type "gobal" into the search box at the bottom in the preferences), you could make a filter which is set to
type equal files only
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and time equal within x minutes
There are a lot of more things possible, like also filtering for labels or file sizes.
I am new to Dopus, actually I am using an evaluation version, deciding whether to buy (anyone know if/when the 50% off sale is coming). I currently use a good file manager (Xplorer2) so I am trying to justify the added cost of Dopus. So far it has passed all my tests. Very impressive product.
I got this working for me, thanks. However it is not doing what I would like. It is working off the date, as it should. But I want to know when a file is new to the folder - regardless of its date. So if I unzip a file into a folder and the date of that file from the archive is older than an hour or day ago, I still want it to be highlighted because it was just added to the folder. Can that be done?
Using the created timestamp might work, but it depends how the file is created and which timestamps of the original file were preserved when it was moved/copied/extracted.
If there is nothing to indicate a file is new in the file's attributes/metadata then there is no way for a program to know it had just been created in the folder.
Right, Leo. That is kind of what I was asking. The file extracted had all three dates (created/modified/accessed) set to the older date. I was wondering if any of the hundreds of columns that a file can have, indicate a date/time when the system last did something to it (copy, move, etc.) that I can use in this filter.
I am trying to set up a complex one-way sync of my entire file system. I want to create a virtual folder where only NEWLY Created Or Modified files appear, so I can target this folder with sync software and have the files sent to a centralized (cloud) database. It's really quite simple in theory - I want to query the OS as to what files were created, say, in the last 1 hour and have them listed.
THIS sounds like it is possible as you've detailed above?
An EXCEPTION occurs however in the case where I myself have not created or modified the file, in which case it likely will not have a current 'modified/created' timestamp - it will just have whatever date it was created by its originator.
What I think is being asked here is really a sophisticated file system type question (WinFS was trying attack this type of sophistication before it mothballed I believe): Can the OS tag data by timestamp (NOT based on its creation or modification by a program) BUT instead based upon its history in the file system ITSELF, or even, the last time it was 'viewed' by the user.
So more generally, if a file was added to a folder at time X, can that file or folder carry the time X stamp as an attribute which can be queried, and thus manipulated with?
This is really asking a question about file/folder activity and HISTORY - I believe myself and the user above want to be able to search/sort for files (or folders) that have somehow recently undergone activity in the filesystem (time "added to a folder", "moved to a new folder," and "deleted from a folder" would seem to cover the variety of instances that might occur).
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As mentioned I am suspecting though that this has nothing to do with DOPUS and is rather a fundamental limitation of the file system (archaic thing) as it is.
I will note however, that I believe in MacOS the Spotlight feature often highlights "recently used files" (I could be wrong about this I haven't explored it much as I'm mainly a Win user), which implies the OS is somehow keeping a history of sorts of the files most recently [downloaded, moved, created, added, renamed, deleted, etc.] and is presenting them to the user.
If that attribute is possible to attach to the file, then a wide variety of actions could be leveraged with it, including the one I believe we are both seeking.
I was thinking: would File Collections (virtual files) be of any help in this type of situation? Perhaps this is an UNRELATED question...
(this is not really for number 3, as that I think that is inherent in the file system), but I'm trying to figure out how to use File Collections somehow in the system itself (outside of DOPUS).
I read that File Collections cannot be used outside of DOPUS (then I read the command line part where there is limited use of them) - is there a way to get some kind of external access to either the contents of the File Collection, or the addresses of all the files (wherever they are) IN the File Collection?
Or would there be a way for DOPUS to write the contents of the File Collection Query into a NEW FOLDER entirely?
@commissarmo, I got lost about 10 lines in to your posts. I have file highlighting set up and working nicely, but you need to understand how the highlighting works and how the file system updates different time stamps.
If you can be a bit clearer you will be more likely to get assistance.
Also, If you've purchased Directory Opus you can link your account to your Directory Opus registration for priority support from the official Dopus Support Team (AKA Leo )
What drac144 and comissarmo want is a "Date added to this folder-collum." Interesting idea but as leo said. There is no way to do that.
Same thing happens when you extract an archive whilst keeping the files' original time stamp but you'd still want them to sort as new and keep original time stamp.
Right OpelOpus, a "Date added to this folder-column." is what I am looking for. I guess we should lobby the helpful and responsive staff at Microsoft and ask them to please add that feature in the next release of Windows.
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