What is TouchFolder?

TouchFolder 1.0.0

Requires System 7.

I occasionally find myself wondering, "Did I work on this project today?" The simple thing would be to look at the modification date of the folder containing the project.  Only that doesn't get updated when a file is modified, only if it is added or deleted.

So this quick hack will update a folder's modification date to reflect the most recently modified file within it (or in any nested folders in it).  Just drag 'n' drop the folder (or folders) you want onto TouchFolder, and presto!  If the folder already has a later mod date than any of its files, it will be left alone.  Also, the  nested folders are NOT modified, though their contents are scanned.

You might want to keep an alias in a convenient place on your desktop, like I do with ctc, Save-a-BNDL, etc.

Usually the change shows up in the finder immediately, though sometimes it doesn't.  I have no idea why.  Closing and reopening the window containing the folder you just touched (almost) always gets the finder's attention.

This is free (how could anyone charge money for something this simple?). I would distribute source code, but most of it (really!) is copied directly from THINK Reference 2.0  (from the "Getting files selected from the finder" and "PBGetCatInfo" pages, if you must know), and my reading of the license agreement is that I can distribute only object code.

Send bug reports, jokes, etc. to...

Kevin R. Boyce                  boyce@lheavx.gsfc.nasa.gov
Code 663
NASA/GSFC
Greenbelt, MD 20771

Download TouchFolder for Mac

Architecture

Other/Non-Mac architecture

System Requirements

From Mac OS 7.0

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: Basilisk II