Hi, Well, it has to be stored Somewhere, as a temp file, and in fact it is:
~/Library/BBEdit/Auto-Save Recovery/Data/<uuid>.txt ;-) /Jakob > On 09 Jun 2016, at 21:38, WordWeaver777 <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Jun 10, 2016, at 6:21 AM, Greg Reyna <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Is there a way to learn the creation date of an unsaved, "untitled text" >> file? > > Hello Greg. I read your question with curiosity, being as I had never > considered this before. In fact, at first I thought it might be a joke, until > I actually opened the message in Mail.app and read the entire thing. > > My personal assumption would be that until a BBEdit text doc -- or any file > for that matter -- is actually saved to the hard drive, it cannot have a > creation date, because it is only being stored in memory. > > Led by my curiosity, I created a brand new text doc, typed some nonsense in > it, and then looked at the status bar that is located at the bottom of its > window. > > Sure enough, it simply says "(never saved)", whereas with a saved document, > it would actually show when it was last saved. > > Next, I looked under BBEdit's various menus. The only thing there is the "Get > Info" option under the "View" menu, which you can obviously do with a > "command-i" as well. > > But, as you may have already determined yourself, opening the Get Info window > does not reveal the creation date, perhaps confirming that until a file is > actually saved to your hard drive, it cannot have a creation date. > > Perhaps someone -- Rich? Patrick? -- with more experience than I can offer a > more satisfying response. > > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or would like to report a problem, please email > "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
