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Keith B.7's avatar
Keith B.7
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9 years ago

Modification dates for directories?

In API 1, DBMetadata would report -clientMTime and -lastModifiedDate dates for any time of meta-data, including folders.   In API 2, it seems that -clientModified and -serverModified are only avail...
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Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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9 years ago
This isn't available in API v2, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request.
  • Keith B.7's avatar
    Keith B.7
    Helpful | Level 7
    9 years ago

    Ouch. My whole caching method relies on storing a date against every file and folder. That's a bit of a blow for a smooth transition...

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      Greg-DB
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      9 years ago
      Can you elaborate a bit on your use case and usage of these timestamps? I'll be happy to pass it along as feedback to the team.

      Even on API v1, the "modified" time for a folder didn't reflect changes inside that folder, so I wouldn't expect it to be very useful for caching.
      • Keith B.7's avatar
        Keith B.7
        Helpful | Level 7
        9 years ago

        Hmm, revisiting the code, it seems I mainly used the modification dates against folders for consistency with the way files were cached. The problem is less that they are needed for any comparison and more that the cached database file saves folder names against the dates. I should just be able to use any date for folders without it causing any problems, I think.

         

        Thanks,

        Keith

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