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Public bug reported:

Move a directory using mv and its mtime will be preserved. Move a
directory using Nautilus, and its mtime will be set to the time it was
moved. This is a bug.

Nautilus preserves mtime for file and directory copies as well as file
moves. Moveover, if the user attempts to move a directory that the user
does not have permission to delete (e.g. it is owned by another user), a
copy will be created with the correct mtime. This indicates that
Nautilus is taking an additional step that blats the mtime, but only on
moves, and only after they have already successfully created the
destination file.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.14.2-0ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-25.30-generic 4.2.6
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Feb  5 14:08:02 2016
GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'group', 'where', 'mime_type', 'owner', 'permissions']"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-15 (1025 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130413)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-08-31 (157 days ago)

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily

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Title:
  Nautilus fails to preserve directory timestamp on move

Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Move a directory using mv and its mtime will be preserved. Move a
  directory using Nautilus, and its mtime will be set to the time it was
  moved. This is a bug.

  Nautilus preserves mtime for file and directory copies as well as file
  moves. Moveover, if the user attempts to move a directory that the
  user does not have permission to delete (e.g. it is owned by another
  user), a copy will be created with the correct mtime. This indicates
  that Nautilus is taking an additional step that blats the mtime, but
  only on moves, and only after they have already successfully created
  the destination file.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: nautilus 1:3.14.2-0ubuntu13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-25.30-generic 4.2.6
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-25-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Feb  5 14:08:02 2016
  GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'group', 'where', 'mime_type', 'owner', 'permissions']"
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-15 (1025 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130413)
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-08-31 (157 days ago)

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