Save all opened files to change date ?

panteror

Hi,

Is there a way to save all opened tab files even if i didn’t edited each file only to change the date of file ?
The save all button save only edited files.

Thank You.

guy038

Hello Panteror,

I’ve got a solution which implies a virtual search/replacement on all the opened files of a N++ session !

Open the replace dialog ( CTRL + H )
Check the Regular expression option ( IMPORTANT )
Find what : .\Z
Replace with : $0
Click on the Replace All in All Opened Documents button

=> At once, all the opened tabs will turn “red”

Hit the ALT + F4 shortcut or the menu option File - Exit
Press the Enter key, repeatedly, to valid the different save dialogs ( Save file C:\...... ? )

Notes :

In the search regex .\Z :
- The part . is a standard character, different from an End of Line character ( \r ) and ( \n ) and the Form Feed character ( \f )
- The zero-width assertion \Z represents the very end of the file, possibly preceded by any range of End of Line character(s) ( \r and/or \n )
In replacement, this last standard character is just rewritten, as the regex $0 represents the entire matched regex, that is to say the last character itself !

This method should not use much time to process : only one character per file X the amount of opened files, in N++ :-)

Best regards,

guy038

P.S. :

By the way, in a DOS console windows, you can change the modification and access date of a file or a set of them, without changing their contents, with the simple DOS command, below :

copy name.txt + or copy *.txt + or, even, copy *.* + ( Tested on a Windows XP machine )

The space, before the plus sign is not mandatory !