| Re: MORE FIELDS IN FSTAT() (Was: Getting File creation data/time) [message #14729] |
Thu, 25 March 1999 00:00  |
Craig Markwardt
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David Foster <foster@bial1.ucsd.edu> writes:
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> Armand J.L.Jongen wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I am probably missing something completely but I am not able to find a
>> function/routine to get a file creation data/time.
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> <a workaround for Windows snipped>
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> Is it just me, or do others think that it would be really nice
> if RSI added more fields to FSTAT() to deal with issues like this?
> Without this, we have to resort to ugly nonportable workarounds.
> Obviously the information available would depend on the OS, but
> certainly file creation time/date would be universal!
Yes, I agree 1000000L percent!
Craig
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| Re: MORE FIELDS IN FSTAT() (Was: Getting File creation data/time) [message #14825 is a reply to message #14729] |
Fri, 26 March 1999 00:00  |
thompson
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Registered: August 1991
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Craig Markwardt <craigmnet@astrog.physics.wisc.edu> writes:
> David Foster <foster@bial1.ucsd.edu> writes:
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>> Armand J.L.Jongen wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am probably missing something completely but I am not able to find a
>>> function/routine to get a file creation data/time.
>>
>> <a workaround for Windows snipped>
>>
>> Is it just me, or do others think that it would be really nice
>> if RSI added more fields to FSTAT() to deal with issues like this?
>> Without this, we have to resort to ugly nonportable workarounds.
>> Obviously the information available would depend on the OS, but
>> certainly file creation time/date would be universal!
> Yes, I agree 1000000L percent!
> Craig
I'll also add my $0.02 worth in agreement. Some of the recent messages in this
newsgroup suggest that improvements to FSTAT() might also be useful for pipe
I/O.
William Thompson
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