What would be a good way to get the time/date of a file and use it in D?

I have found several command in std.date, and but none of them seems to operat on a file (std.file not help either)?

And would that code then be workable under Linux as well?

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:05:34 +0100, AEon wrote:

> What would be a good way to get the time/date of a file and use it in D?
> 
> I have found several command in std.date, and but none of them seems to operat on a file (std.file not help either)?
> 
> And would that code then be workable under Linux as well?

In the Build utility's download, there is a module called util\fdt.d. This implements a FileDateTime class for both Windows and Unix. Not everything that could be there is included, but it served my purposes well enough. You could use it as a basis for something better.

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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
26/03/2005 4:29:17 PM

Derek Parnell wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:05:34 +0100, AEon wrote:
> 
> 
>>What would be a good way to get the time/date of a file and use it in D?
>>
>>I have found several command in std.date, and but none of them seems to operat on a file (std.file not help either)?
>>
>>And would that code then be workable under Linux as well?
> 
> 
> In the Build utility's download, there is a module called util\fdt.d. This
> implements a FileDateTime class for both Windows and Unix. Not everything
> that could be there is included, but it served my purposes well enough. You
> could use it as a basis for something better.

At first I though this should be part of dm.zip and dtm.zip, but it is not. Can't seem to find it on http://www.digitalmars.com/ or via search:  http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?Search

A more specific link would be appreciated. Thanx.

AEon

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:13:24 +0200, AEon wrote:

> Derek Parnell wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:05:34 +0100, AEon wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>What would be a good way to get the time/date of a file and use it in D?
>>>
>>>I have found several command in std.date, and but none of them seems to operat on a file (std.file not help either)?
>>>
>>>And would that code then be workable under Linux as well?
>> 
>> 
>> In the Build utility's download, there is a module called util\fdt.d. This implements a FileDateTime class for both Windows and Unix. Not everything that could be there is included, but it served my purposes well enough. You could use it as a basis for something better.
> 
> At first I though this should be part of dm.zip and dtm.zip, but it is
> not. Can't seem to find it on http://www.digitalmars.com/ or via search:
>   http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?Search
> 
> A more specific link would be appreciated. Thanx.

Ummmm... Build is a program that I wrote. It is not a DigitalMars product.

  http://www.dsource.org/projects/build

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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
28/03/2005 7:25:55 AM

AEon wrote:
> Derek Parnell wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:05:34 +0100, AEon wrote:
>>
>>
>>> What would be a good way to get the time/date of a file and use it in D?
>>>
>>> I have found several command in std.date, and but none of them seems to operat on a file (std.file not help either)?
>>>
>>> And would that code then be workable under Linux as well?
>>
>>
>>
>> In the Build utility's download, there is a module called util\fdt.d. This
>> implements a FileDateTime class for both Windows and Unix. Not everything
>> that could be there is included, but it served my purposes well enough. You
>> could use it as a basis for something better.
> 
> 
> At first I though this should be part of dm.zip and dtm.zip, but it is not. Can't seem to find it on http://www.digitalmars.com/ or via search:  http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?Search

I searched for "build" at Wiki4D, it gave me links to several pages. Yes, most are probably false positives. At least one of them is appropriate: http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?ReferenceForTools

(i.e., http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?ReferenceForTools#Build)

When I searched for "build tool", I got much better results (only one false positive).

Build is an apt name, but it's not the easiest to search for. (Just as D is a worthy name for the D programming language, but googling requires creativity.) It's a new tool and there's been quite a bit of buzz about it, so I'm sure Derek just assumed that you had heard of it already.

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