python - Do iTunes backups store file modification times? -
i have iphone. usb connection, can use tools such macroplant iexplorer or apple's image capture transfer files iphone computer. when transfer files on usb, file modification times preserved.
crisp:test2 work$ stat -f img_3134.jpg -rw------- 1 work staff 2039650 jun 7 11:21:38 2015 img_3134.jpg i have many old itunes backups, itunes stores here:
~/library/application support/mobilesync/backup
itunes encodes backups using voodoo, , tools such iphone backup extractor or python tools padraig kennedy (http://supercrazyawesome.com) required unpack system files backup archive.
the files these tools produce not preserve file modification times, because unpack archives, create new files.
crisp:test2 work$ stat -f img_3796.jpg -rw------- 1 work staff 942653 sep 25 17:31:33 2015 img_3796.jpg my question is, itunes preserve file modification times in these backup archives, either in archive itself, or in sort of database? shortcoming of these tools not preserve/restore timestamps? there way extract mdbackup files preserves data?
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