Re: Date attribute of a file
- Posted by Brian Broker <brian_broker at yahoo.com> Oct 19, 2006
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Juergen Luethje wrote: > > Craig Welch wrote: > > > Is there any way with Euphoria that I can write read a file, modify it, > > and write it back *without* changing the date? > > You'll have to save the "time stamp" of the concerning file before writing to > it, and at the end that time stamp must be restored. > This can't be done with built-in Euphoria routines, but you can use the > concerning API functions of the operating system. If you are using Windows, > look at this program: > <<a > href="http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?win=on&keywords=filedt.zip">http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?win=on&keywords=filedt.zip</a>> > > Regards, > Juergen I'm curious as to why you would need to do this. I've found that using time stamps can efficiantly answer many questions when debugging a complex app under development. Malicious intent? Why should the time stamp matter? -- Brian