I'm missing the ability to sort files/folders by their date of creation. Context: I'm using Mixxx (mixxx.org) for DJing and it writes back metadata to music files on a FAT32 disk. This screws up my regular sort order by "date modified" whick would normally sort the files by the date I obtained them.
Sorry, looks like not possible under linux: E.g. read this one: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/20460/how-do-i-do-a-ls-and-then-sort-the-results-by-date-created If you know more than me on that, please let me know! Otherwise I would close this bug. How about format that disk with some superior file system, like ext4 ?
I see that it appears impossible for FAT32 but I read about debugfs, crtime and 'birth time' (time added to directory) on ext4 earlier, also I found this answer at askubuntu.com https://askubuntu.com/a/443599 That's why I was wondering why Thunar wouldn't offer this, at least on ext4. Anyay, I'll move to ext4 and try that script mentioned in the answer above and 'touch' the files in the appropriate order, maybe that helps. Feel free to close this if there's no way it gets fixed thx.
Ok, sounds like it is possible, so I will keep the issue open. Not that I would have time for implementation ... however patches are always welcome ;)
stat() can and will show a files creation date on ext4 and xfs file systems. Further, other file managers such as dolphin and nemo do support showing a files creation date, see https://linuxreviews.org/File_timestamps#Graphical_file_managers $ stat routers-and-smart-devices.jpg File: routers-and-smart-devices.jpg Size: 2888221 Blocks: 5648 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: fd01h/64769d Inode: 22720593 Links: 1 Access: (0640/-rw-r-----) Uid: ( 1000/ oyvinds) Gid: ( 1000/ oyvinds) Context: unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 Access: 2019-12-17 15:54:42.189771736 +0100 Modify: 2019-12-17 15:54:42.699781354 +0100 Change: 2019-12-17 15:54:42.699781354 +0100 Birth: 2019-12-17 15:54:42.189771736 +0100 The "Birth:" field is NOT shown when xfs and ext4 file systems are mounted using nfs. It is also not supported on any other file system I've tested. Thunar should be able to show it if it is available. Competing file manager products are already showing it when it's available.
Reported upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1970
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