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Function std.file.getTimes

Get the access and modified times of file or folder name.

void getTimes(R) (
  R name,
  out SysTime accessTime,
  out SysTime modificationTime
)
if (isSomeFiniteCharInputRange!R && !isConvertibleToString!R);

void getTimes(R) (
  auto ref R name,
  out SysTime accessTime,
  out SysTime modificationTime
)
if (isConvertibleToString!R);

Parameters

NameDescription
name File/Folder name to get times for.
accessTime Time the file/folder was last accessed.
modificationTime Time the file/folder was last modified.

Throws

FileException on error.

Example

import std.datetime : abs, SysTime;

scope(exit) deleteme.remove;
write(deleteme, "a");

SysTime accessTime, modificationTime;

getTimes(deleteme, accessTime, modificationTime);

import std.datetime : Clock, seconds;
auto currTime = Clock.currTime();
enum leeway = 5.seconds;

auto diffAccess = accessTime - currTime;
auto diffModification = modificationTime - currTime;
assert(abs(diffAccess) <= leeway);
assert(abs(diffModification) <= leeway);

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, Jonathan M Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.