(Bug): Write Node with "override" enabled only modifies existing files

[sihagen]

• I'm using the latest version of Natron (not required but recommended)
• I've restarted Natron and the issue persists
• I've run Natron via the command line and the issue persists
• I've followed the contributing guidelines to the best of my understanding
• My issue is not on the issue tracker and is not a duplicate of a forum thread
• This bug is reproducible
• This issue is not a feature request or a pull request

Natron version

Natron 2.4

Operating system

Windows 10 Home (21H1)

System specs

No response

Did you install Natron using the official installer?

• Yes, I used the official installer
• No, I installed from a binary archive
• No, I compiled Natron from sources
• No, I installed Natron via another method

If you installed to a custom '(non-default)' location please include it here':'

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What were you trying to do?

When enabling the overwrite option in a write node, exisiting files (e.g. in an image sequence) are not 'overwritten'. Rather the files are changed and their metadata is partially altered, but for e.g. not the date of creation.

What did you expect to happen? What happened instead?

I expect Natron to replace the existing files with new ones (including new date of creation etc.).

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Render a single file or an image sequence
2. Re-render the project. Now the date of creation remains the same, even though it is a new file with a (propably) new content.

Additional details

No response

[devernay]

To be more precise, we are talking about the filesystem creation date (as shown by ls -lU on Linux).
Modification date is OK, and the "capDate" OpenEXR metadata (aka DateTimeOriginal) is updated correctly.

[rodlie]

Will test on Windows now (for some reason I didn't see this issue).

[rodlie]

just tested png/tiff/exr on Windows 10. The modification date is changed, the creation date is untouched. Everything seems fine to me, we overwrite the file not recreate it.

[devernay]

I'm working on it