container date not updated dispite not preserving modification timestamp

[Gunter Zielke]

I noticed that the modification timestamp of my container was not updated and that therefore my automatic backup did not notice it was changed. I then found the option "Preserve modification timestamp of file containers" and unchecked it.
I then mounted the file container, made chances to a file and confirmed in the properties that data had been written to the container and unmounted it. But still, the modification date of the file container did not get updated.
Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks, Gunter

Update: I just found out that the timestamp IS changed when I make changes to the regular volume in the file container, but when I make changes to data in the hidden volume, then the modification time of the file container does not change. That might be by design, but is there a way around this?

[Enigma2Illusion]

Hidden volume not updating the timestamp of the file container is the expected behavior.

The work around for your situation is to mount the outer volume while protecting the hidden volume and create/modify a dummy file in the outer volume when you want the timestamp to change so your backup software will pick-up the unmounted file container.

[Gunter Zielke]

Thanks - will do that.