Preserve file modification time

Specifies how the file modification time is affected when the file is added to source control, checked in, or checked out.

Set this check box to preserve the file modification time when the version is added to source control, checked in, or checked out.

Tip: On Linux and the UNIX system, it is important that the modification time be preserved for archive files.

Clear this check box to reset the file modification time. If the file is being added to source control or checked in, the modification time is reset to the checkin time. If the file is being checked out, the modification time is reset to the checkout time.

Remember: When you check out a file in a snapshot view, the modification time is always reset to the time when the checkout occurs, regardless of the state of Preserve file modification time.

If the file was created with a user-defined element type that was created with the mkeltype -ptime command, the modification time is preserved during checkin.


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