Changes file modification times of SID files (Commodore-64 music files) in the given directory to match their actual release dates.
It reads the release date of a SID file from the SID file's metadata, and if it's a known year (no question mark in the year), it sets the given SID file's modification time to Jan 1 of that year. Some release dates are given with a range (e.g. 1986-1987), in this case the first year will be set as the modification time.
This way when you use your favorite file browser's "sort by date" option, the SID files will sort by their actual release dates!
NOTE: Since HVSC updates touch several SID files and since HVSC updates may update release dates within SID files, you should run this script on your HVSC directory after every update to keep the file modification times in sync with the release dates.
- Python 3
- A directory containing SID files. For example, the High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) installed on your local drive.
py updateSIDFileDates.py [-h] dir
Positional arguments:
dirDirectory name to process
Optional arguments:
-h, --helpshow help message and exit