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I'm looking for an way to download folders to a Windows machine from an SFTP server, while preserving transfer folder's modification date.

Servers I'm copying from uses Linux.

I know that most of SFTP clients supports preserving file's modification date (but not folder).

SFTP clients I know that do not support preserving folder's modification:

  • FileZilla
    • Seems won't support at all (Link)
  • CyberDuck/Mountain Duck
    • Folder's modification date is only preserved if folder is empty. This may be due to the fact that CyberDuck transfers folder first then after this it transfers sub-files, without re-copying folder's modification date after transfer is finished.
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(My) WinSCP supports preserving timestamps of folders with the SFTP protocol. It's turned off by default, you need to enable it in preferences.

WinSCP supports both GUI and scripted transfers.

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