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Old 08-02-2008
Bug Displaying the Last Modification Time of a specific file
How can I get and display the last modification time of a file? in scripting or specifically using Batch file

I want this info for me to determine whether an image has been edited or not by using the last modification time and compare it to our stored date of modification.

can somebody help me with this problem? I really need this urgently. thanks
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Old 08-02-2008
Hammer & Screwdriver Perhaps the stat command will help?
See the following:

Code:
> stat guess_game
  File: `guess_game'
  Size: 292             Blocks: 16         IO Block: 8192   regular file
Device: 3f8c350h/66634576d      Inode: 239534      Links: 1
Access: (0770/-rwxrwx---)  Uid: ( 1249/ xxxxxxx)   Gid: (  402/      dp)
Access: 2008-07-02 23:21:03.712322000 -0700
Modify: 2008-02-18 13:54:53.839126000 -0800
Change: 2008-02-18 13:54:53.839126000 -0800

# 3  
Old 08-02-2008
Code:
find "file" -printf "%t"

# 4  
Old 08-03-2008
is it recognize in batch files? (.bat)
# 5  
Old 08-03-2008
which shell are you using? what does this tell you?
Code:
echo $SHELL

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Old 08-03-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by jaque18
is it recognize in batch files? (.bat)
batch files are just commands combined to perform stuffs for you. If you installed GNU find, you can use it in your batch file.
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