Need to check access and modify time of a file

Need to check access and modify time of a file

[Preben Randhol]

Hi 

I need to make a small application that can check the modification and
access time of some files. I use GNAT. Does anyboyd have some code doing
this they want to share. Or if you could point me in the right
directions. Sorry for asking and not figuring it out myself, but I'm
very pressed for time.

Thanks in advance.
Preben

Re: Need to check access and modify time of a file

[Larry Kilgallen]

In article <slrnbmg95g.13n.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no>, Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> writes:
> Hi 
> 
> I need to make a small application that can check the modification and
> access time of some files. I use GNAT. Does anyboyd have some code doing
> this they want to share. Or if you could point me in the right
> directions. Sorry for asking and not figuring it out myself, but I'm
> very pressed for time.

The very availability of the access time for a file depends on your
operating system.

Re: Need to check access and modify time of a file

[Preben Randhol]

On 2003-09-17, Larry Kilgallen <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote:
> In article <slrnbmg95g.13n.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no>, Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> writes:
>> Hi 
>> 
>> I need to make a small application that can check the modification and
>> access time of some files. I use GNAT. Does anyboyd have some code doing
>> this they want to share. Or if you could point me in the right
>> directions. Sorry for asking and not figuring it out myself, but I'm
>> very pressed for time.
>
> The very availability of the access time for a file depends on your
> operating system.

Linux. It is a Linux only application. I thought that GNAT had a
function to do this, but I don't find it at the moment.

ARG *BONK* I'll check the big book on linux programming, perhaps it has
it.

Preben

Re: Need to check access and modify time of a file

[Warren W. Gay VE3WWG]

Preben Randhol wrote:

> On 2003-09-17, Larry Kilgallen <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote:
>>In article <slrnbmg95g.13n.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no>, Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> writes:
>>>Hi 
>>>
>>>I need to make a small application that can check the modification and
>>>access time of some files. I use GNAT. Does anyboyd have some code doing
>>>this they want to share. Or if you could point me in the right
>>>directions. Sorry for asking and not figuring it out myself, but I'm
>>>very pressed for time.
>>
>>The very availability of the access time for a file depends on your
>>operating system.
> 
> Linux. It is a Linux only application. I thought that GNAT had a
> function to do this, but I don't find it at the moment.

Preben, try FLORIST:

with POSIX.File_Status;
with POSIX.Calendar.POSIX_Time;

declare
    use POSIX.FIle_Status;
    S : Status;
    D : POSIX.Calendar.POSIX_Time;
begin

    S := Get_File_Status(Pathname);        -- Given a pathname
-- S := Get_File_Status(File_Descriptor); -- Given an open file descriptor
    D := Last_File_Modification_Of(S);

You'll have to root around in FLORIST to convert this
to a string form of a date, but that will get you
started.
-- 
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg

Re: Need to check access and modify time of a file

[Jeffrey Creem]

GNAT.OS_Lib has at a File_Time_Stamp functio but I think it only has one for
modification time.
You probably need to use the POSIX bindings (Florist) to get the access
time.


"Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in message
news:slrnbmg95g.13n.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no...
> Hi
>
> I need to make a small application that can check the modification and
> access time of some files. I use GNAT. Does anyboyd have some code doing
> this they want to share. Or if you could point me in the right
> directions. Sorry for asking and not figuring it out myself, but I'm
> very pressed for time.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Preben

Re: Need to check access and modify time of a file

[Preben Randhol]

On 2003-09-17, Jeffrey Creem <jeff@thecreems.com> wrote:

> GNAT.OS_Lib has at a File_Time_Stamp functio but I think it only has
> one for modification time.  You probably need to use the POSIX
> bindings (Florist) to get the access time.

I think so too. I guess I can copy the binding of stat() from florist as
it is the only function I need.

Preben

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[Bill Sheehan]

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Re: Need to check access and modify time of a file

[Jean-Pierre Rosen]

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"Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> a �crit dans le message de news:slrnbmg95g.13n.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no...
> Hi
>
> I need to make a small application that can check the modification and
> access time of some files. I use GNAT. Does anyboyd have some code doing
> this they want to share. Or if you could point me in the right
> directions. Sorry for asking and not figuring it out myself, but I'm
> very pressed for time.
>
Have a look at OS_Services, available from Adalog's components page (http://www.adalog.fr/compo2.htm)

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Re: Need to check access and modify time of a file

[Gautier Write-only]

Preben Randhol:

> I need to make a small application that can check the modification and
> access time of some files. I use GNAT. Does anyboyd have some code doing
> this they want to share. Or if you could point me in the right
> directions. Sorry for asking and not figuring it out myself, but I'm
> very pressed for time.

You have it in Martin Dowie's Ada0Y.Directories
  http://www.martin.dowie.btinternet.co.uk/

Advantage: will be in the next standard: with an Ada0Y compiler
you'll just have to replace "Ada0Y.Directories" by "Ada.Directories".
________________________________________________________
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Re: Need to check access and modify time of a file

[Martin Dowie]

"Gautier Write-only" <gautier@fakeaddress.nil> wrote in message
news:3F689FCD.B4B0BF7E@fakeaddress.nil...
> You have it in Martin Dowie's Ada0Y.Directories
>   http://www.martin.dowie.btinternet.co.uk/
>
> Advantage: will be in the next standard: with an Ada0Y compiler
> you'll just have to replace "Ada0Y.Directories" by "Ada.Directories".

Sadly, not in the Linux flavour Preben requires... but if someone wants to
port me a port!

Also, I need to unload the 'latest' (actually about 2 months old) which
has been sitting on my laptop (it hasn't been speaking to my main PC
via the LAN since returning from abroad - I'll have to dump to disk and
then upload the website).

Cheers,
Martin

Re: Need to check access and modify time of a file

[Pascal Obry]

Preben,

> I need to make a small application that can check the modification and
> access time of some files. I use GNAT. Does anyboyd have some code doing
> this they want to share. Or if you could point me in the right
> directions. Sorry for asking and not figuring it out myself, but I'm
> very pressed for time.

This is really OS dependant, have a look at Florist for UNIXes and Win32POSIX
for... well guess :)

Pascal.

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