Re: File Question.

Thanks Michael, exactly what I needed. Also saved opening the file first. 
Much appreciated!

- Valnir

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Barton" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: File Question.


> The function you're looking for is stat(2).
>
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <sys/stat.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main(int argc, char **argv)
> {
>  struct stat buf;
>  stat("filename", &buf);
>  printf("%s\n", ctime(&buf.st_mtime));
> }
>
> If you already have a FILE * open for the file, you can use the
> fstat(2) function along with fileno(3) function instead of stat(2), so
> you don't need the name of the file.
>
> On 8/14/06, Valnir <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Ok, this one's got me a little nuts. Especially since I'm sure it's
>> something easy. How do you find the "last modified" date of a file? I'm
>> trying to do a build revision using the modified date, so players can see
>> when the last change was made and see that stuff does get changed and
>> updated. I'm trying to do it from the FILE object, but if I'm completely
>> wrong or you have a better suggestion, let me know.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> - Valnir
>>
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