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Stat-ing a Directory file

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From: Paul Heffner
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 19:48
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Anyone out there know a way of obtaining the size and time/date
information of a MS-DOS directory file using standard DOS calls
under MASM? For a regular file, you can use Int 21, function 5700
to get the time and date of an open file using its handle, likewise
you can use the old seek-to-end trick to get the file size, but both 
of these require an open file handle to work, and you can't open a
directory file like in Unix (or can you?). The MS C stat function
goes as far as returning what seems to be a good set of timestamp
information, so I guess it's there for using if you know how to get
it. (Or does that function resort to sneaky non-standard methods
to get the info?) All input would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Heff
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