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Restoring WhatsApp files timestamps after Google Drive restore
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| # when restoring WhatsApp in a new phone, all the timestamps of media files will be reset to today. | |
| # this script will restore the original modification time of the files | |
| cd WhatsApp/Media | |
| while read path; do | |
| f=$(basename "$path"); | |
| touch -m -d "${f:4:4}-${f:8:2}-${f:10:2}T12:00:00z" "${path}"; | |
| done < <(find . -regextype posix-extended -regex ".*/[[:alpha:]]{3}-[[:digit:]]{8}-.*") |
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Hi,
It was a long time ago. But if I remember correctly, I copied the whole directory to my laptop, ran the script, and then copied it back to the Android phone using ADB.