Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:34:03 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: check when file was last updated?
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On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 chongkong AT my-deja DOT com wrote:

> is there a function get the time when file is last modified?

If the file is given by its name, you can either call `findfirst' or
the more portable `stat'.  If the file is already open and given by
its handle, you can call `fstat' or the DOS-specific `_dos_getftime'
(but the latter doesn't support 3 different time stamps maintained for
files on Windows 9X).