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OS/2 - SIGs => Rexx => Topic started by: jep on 2008.04.10, 16:08:45

Title: Get Create, Access and Write time/date of file.
Post by: jep on 2008.04.10, 16:08:45
Marked as: Easy

New function as documented in Object Rexx.

SysGetFileDateTime

Syntax:    result = SysGetFileDateTime( filename [,timesel] )

Params:    filename - name of the file to query
            timesel  - What filetime to query: CREATE/ACCESS/WRITE

say "File creation time:" SysGetFileDateTime("MyFile.Log", "C")
say "File last access time:" SysGetFileDateTime("MyFile.Log", "A")
say "File last update time:" SysGetFileDateTime("MyFile.Log", "W")

Return -1 to indicate failure or the date and time if successful.