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	(message from john Latala on Sat, 8 Jul 2000 06:10:01 -0400 (EDT))
Subject: Re: Other ways to get the time stamp of a file
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> Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 06:10:01 -0400 (EDT)
> From: john Latala <jrlatala AT golden DOT net>
> 
> > How do I go about getting the time stamp of a file on disk other than
> > using `stat'?
> 
> Read the contents of the directory information right out of the directory 
> 'file' from the harddisk.

This is only possible by accessing the disk on the sector (i.e. BIOS)
level, since DOS/Windows don't let you to open() a directory.

Direct disk access of the kind that is needed for implementing your
suggestion will tremendously slow down a program, to suc a degree that
the whole issue of avoiding `stat' is null and void.