How to see the date created, modified etc. in Thunar? [Solved]

[MXRobo]

I haven't followed closely – partially because I'm not sure what you want, but since you've done a lot of modifications, and others can't replicate, you could try a fresh original official MXLive-USB of the same type to see if it occurs there.

I tried what was suggested in post #11 and it seemed to work, but I haven't tried it extensively.
MX-21.3 Xfce

[andymx]

@MXRobo What is suggested in post #11 works for me. What doesn't work is showing the created and accessed dates.

[andymx]

I did another test (which nearly turned to a disaster).
I made a Live-USB and booted from that. I then added the custom actions to Thunar, but in this case none of the files that I tested worked. This compares to my current situation where for a few files it works. Maybe it's significant to note that my Live-USB was the 30 July 2023 version. I'm using the September version.

P.S. The disaster was that my GRUB menu was reset, but this is a specific question that I have for another section in the Forum.

[andymx]

Do you believe this? I have a text file in one folder whose File Info I cannot see. I copy it to another folder and I can see the copied file's File Info. Now isn't it crazy?
Does it have anything to do with the fact that I also cannot see the (source) directory's File Info?

[andymx]

I think I know what the problem is! If there are any spaces in the folder or file name, the custom action doesn't work. To clarify, if the parent folder name has any spaces in it then the files inside it will not work with File Info. The files themselves must not have any spaces in their name. Hopefully this will be a clue to correcting it.

[Melber]

@andymx Try this:

Change the custom action command to

Code: Select all

bash $HOME/bin/fileinfo %f;

Save this as $HOME/bin/fileinfo (without the .sh file extension)

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash

FILENAME=$@

CREATED=$(stat -c%w "$FILENAME" | cut -d'.' -f1)
ACCESSED=$(stat -c%x "$FILENAME" | cut -d'.' -f1)
MODIFIED=$(stat -c%y "$FILENAME" | cut -d'.' -f1)
CHANGED=$(stat -c%z "$FILENAME" | cut -d'.' -f1)
PERMISSION=$(stat -c%A "$FILENAME")

yad --class=fileinfo --undecorated \
--borders=10 --center \
--button=close \
--form --columns=2 \
--text="<b>$FILENAME</b>\n" \
--field="Created:":LBL "" \
--field="Accessed:":LBL "" \
--field="Modified:":LBL "" \
--field="Changed:":LBL "" \
--field=" ":LBL "" \
--field="Permissions:":LBL "" \
--field="$CREATED":LBL "" \
--field="$ACCESSED":LBL "" \
--field="$MODIFIED":LBL "" \
--field="$CHANGED":LBL "" \
--field=" ":LBL "" \
--field="$PERMISSION":LBL ""

(and maybe think about not using spaces in folder and file names any more...)

[Jerry3904]

I used this today in order to distinguish between two different images--it's a great add IMO.

[Melber]

Should look like this now and work with spaces in the path name.

231011_fileinfo.png

I added Changed and Permissions just because.
btw, good detective work @andymx . The script wasn't expecting spaces in the names and they broke the stat commands.

[Melber]

I used this today in order to distinguish between two different images--it's a great add IMO.

Glad it was useful, even if the info is already available in the context menu under properties.

[Jerry3904]

Not with the time (which I needed), at least by default