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reply AEon <aeon2001 lycos.de> writes:
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?
Mar 25 2005
parent reply Derek Parnell <derek psych.ward> writes:
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.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
26/03/2005 4:29:17 PM
Mar 25 2005
parent reply AEon <aeon2001 lycos.de> writes:
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
Mar 27 2005
next sibling parent Derek Parnell <derek psych.ward> writes:
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

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
28/03/2005 7:25:55 AM
Mar 27 2005
prev sibling parent J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:
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.

-- 
jcc7
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
Mar 27 2005