Way to times-tamp file's arrival in folder

[ardee]

Is there a way to have a script time-stamp when a file first appeared in the current folder (whether via paste, extract from archive, download, or whatever)? The intention is putting that date/time into a custom column that could be sorted upon. The script could return the modified date/time if the timestamp info isn't available.

I couldn't find anything like that in the documentation, but I wouldn't be surprised if I overlooked something amid the vast customization and scripting choices offered by XYplorer.

Thank you!

[bdeshi]

That would require XYplorer to expose events it listens for to scripts. (sidenote: Vote for Custom Event Actions!!!)
Unfortunately that's not possible yet (unless some XYwiz overthrows my pessimism) without some external tool.

[highend]

As Sammay pointed out, not possible with XY atm. An external tool could easily poll the list contents once a second, compare last and current one and tag these files (so the custom column could be used). Possible? Sure. Is it worth it? Depends...

[ardee]

That would require XYplorer to expose events it listens for to scripts. (sidenote: Vote for Custom Event Actions!!!)
Unfortunately that's not possible yet (unless some XYwiz overthrows my pessimism) without some external tool.

That makes sense. Can I actually vote for that? If so, I will/do!
Thank you for the response!

[ardee]

As Sammay pointed out, not possible with XY atm. An external tool could easily poll the list contents once a second, compare last and current one and tag these files (so the custom column could be used). Possible? Sure. Is it worth it? Depends...

Yeah, probably not worth the effort until those events are exposed to scriptwriters.
(I tried using the "Last Accessed" date/time, but that gives weird and apparently inconsistent results.)
Thanks man.

[highend]

No need to vote for CEA. It's on Don's list (for some amount of time)...