New option: Auto-touch files when using EDIT

Hi,

I'm using a lot of times the functionality of EDIT files in remote SFTP servers. Mainly to edit code that I compile in a terminal shell opened to the same server. However, if the local and remote computers doesn't have identical clocks, when calling to make the file can have future times:

Warning: File 'main.c' has modification time 3.2 s in the future

This can be solved with a manual $ touch main.c in the shell. However, it's a pain when editing a lot of files.

So a simple solution can be to automatically touch an edited file after upload it.
Please, can you incorporate this functionality?
Regards.

Just turn off "Preserve timestamp" transfer option. It has the effect you want.
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_transfer_custom

Great! Thank you for the tip.

However, how I can disable this inside the current session? I'm opening WinSCP from another tool (using the command line), and when the session is open I want to disable (or enable) this option. Any idea?

You can toggle the settings on WinSCP command-line using PreserveTime raw transfer option.
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/rawconfig
(edited in 2022)

Though note that the value will be saved by default.

Another option is to configure host-specific transfer setting preset.
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/transfer_settings#presets

Hi Martin,

This doesn't solve the problem! The problem is to ENABLE/DISABLE on-line, that's when the connection is stablished.

Please, can you add a button/menu-option/whatever to enable/disable it inside a session?
Thank you

programedit wrote:

Please, can you add a button/menu-option/whatever to enable/disable it inside a session?
Thank you

I'm lost.
I've already told you how to do this:

martin wrote:

Just turn off "Preserve timestamp" transfer option. It has the effect you want.
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_transfer_custom

Sorry, but I'm lost too. Please, with all due respect, listen to me, and I'm sorry if I'm being annoying... I can't found this option window! I repeat:

1. I open a WinSCP session using the command line (calling it from another tool, that is a Terminal).
2. Then inside the WinSCP I double click to EDIT a source file.
3. After editing a file I pick save, and the file is uploaded.

Then the question is: INSIDE THE SESSION, where I can configure this parameter?
Please, take note that I'm not transferring anything using TRANSFER buttons. I'm only EDITING.

So, please can you explain how I can do it?
Thank you for your patience.

Hi martin,

Finally I see it! I need to activate the "Transfer Settings" toolbar (Options->Toolbar->(enable)Transfer Settings), and then inside the listbox select "Configure". Inside this window I need to select the "Default" configuration, Duplicate it, and Edit. Inside I can disable the default "Common options"->"Preserve timestamp", save, return to the session window, and Select the duplicated "Default without preserver tiemstamp" Transfer Setting.

Very, very hard to found it... and not well documented. However, it works.
Thank you!