Updating a file date

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3 total messages Started by Roy M. Silvernail Tue, 17 Jul 1990 21:02

#1592

Author: Roy M. Silvernail
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 1990 21:02

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I have a project underway, for which I need to be able to update a
file's date (ala Touch). I have RTFM, but can't seem to find a Turbo C
function to do this. Do I have to resort to some skullduggery? Spawning
Touch won't work, as I can't be sure it's available on the user's
system.

Your ideas will be appreciated, and I'll summarize any e-mail, if
there's sufficient interest. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Updating a file date

#1596

Author: Timo Salmi LASK
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 1990 16:31

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In article <2m2gm1w162w@cybrspc> cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:
>I have a project underway, for which I need to be able to update a
>file's date (ala Touch). I have RTFM, but can't seem to find a Turbo C
>function to do this. Do I have to resort to some skullduggery? Spawning

That is somewhat surprising since Turbo Pascal has such a function
(SetFTime) and there are so much common ingredients to these two
Turbo products.  But if this is really so, then resort to interrupt
21Hex function 57Hex.

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Re: Updating a file date

#1602

Author: John R. Levine
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 1990 23:32

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In article <2m2gm1w162w@cybrspc> cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:
>I have a project underway, for which I need to be able to update a
>file's date (ala Touch). I have RTFM, but can't seem to find a Turbo C
>function to do this. ...

In my copy of the FM, on page 317, it describes the setftime() call that
sets a file's time and date.  You can also find it in the index under
"Date, File."  Sheesh.

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