Generic error when changing timestamps of locked files

[ChristianGruen]

When trying to modify the timestamp of a locked file to the current date/time, I get

Fehler beim Setzen des folgenden Attributs:
Zeitstempel (Datum+Zeit) (1x)

It was some time later when I noticed that the file was locked. Maybe some more information could be given on why the operation fails.

It may well be that this behavior is not specific to the latest version (I didn’t check older ones).

[white]

Maybe some more information could be given on why the operation fails.

Sounds very much like a suggestion. Why did you post this in the bug reports forum?

[ChristianGruen]

Mostly due to missing knowledge on specifics of the implementation: If the current behavior is expected, it would indeed be a suggestion.

Sorry for the confusion. Feel free to close it or move it somewhere else.

[ghisler(Author)]

Total Commander currently only shows a summary at the end of the operation. It only records the number of failures, not the reasons. With the current error handling, the error dialog would become very complicated when there were multiple errors with different reasons. Currently it's not planned to show an error for each affected file, because normally the user can't do anything when such an error occurs, e.g. because the files are on a read only network share etc.

[ChristianGruen]

Thanks for the assessment and explanation.
Good to know it's expected behavior.

[AntonyD]

Currently it's not planned to show an error for each affected file, because normally the user can't do anything when such an error occurs, e.g. because the files are on a read only network share etc.

Thus this topic could be moved to "TC Behaviour which will not be changed" subforum?
Although I do have one suggestion in this case.
Why not keep a LOG of files that have had some problems? Not an operation log in general, but an error log of an operation to copy/move/substitute one file for another. And ONLY for this log and these files write out more precise definitions of errors and circumstances that led to this situation?