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6.2.51. filedate

determines creation date of file

SYNOPSIS

INCLUDE 'iolib.h'
filedate(Date,"tmp.dat")

SYNTAX

filedate(Date,FileName) (o,i)

ARGUMENTS

integer(Date) (o) creation date of the file
string(FileName)(i) name of the file to be examined

DESCRIPTION

The creation date of the file name FileName returned.

EXAMPLE

filedate(file1,X1),
filedate(file2,X2),
X1 > X2,
write("file one created more recently"),nl.

ERRORS

A runtime error if the file is not found.

LAYERS

prolog-process, client-server, object

RELATED PREDICATES

openwrite , tell

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