Re: Re: How to determine the last modified date for a directory?

Is the modification time for a directory dependent on the Windows version? WinNT SP6a, at least, updates the modification time when the directory permissions change, a file is added, updated or deleted.

Have fun,
Carl Forde

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Re: Re: Re: How to determine the last modified date for a directory? by tachyon (Chancellor) on Jul 31, 2001 at 22:42 UTC
You have these options: `-d True if file is a directory -M Age of file in days when script started. -A Same for access time. -C Same for inode change time.` [download] I tested this on a Win 95 box cause thats what is in front of me here. As Win 95/98 has little concept of permissons it will quite probably be different to NT which is basically a totally different OS. A little quick testing will show you what is happening, like the example above. You can add some dirs/files, change the permissions, add some sleeps and compare results of -M -A -C in a few lines to get the results you want. cheers tachyon s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: Re: Re: How to determine the last modified date for a directory?
by tachyon (Chancellor) on Jul 31, 2001 at 22:42 UTC

You have these options:

    -d  True if file is a directory

    -M  Age of file in days when script started.

    -A  Same for access time.

    -C  Same for inode change time.
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I tested this on a Win 95 box cause thats what is in front of me here. As Win 95/98 has little concept of permissons it will quite probably be different to NT which is basically a totally different OS. A little quick testing will show you what is happening, like the example above. You can add some dirs/files, change the permissions, add some sleeps and compare results of -M -A -C in a few lines to get the results you want.

cheers

tachyon

s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print

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