Accessing dos dates

[acf]

I need to write a function that will accept a file-name (with or without a path) and return the "dos-date" - the date that the file was last updated. Is there a sys() command or library function that I can use, or has ybody attempted this previously. I am using 2.6 for DOS.

Thanks

 

[TomKane]

Maybe if you know the name of the fie you could do a "DIR filename > tempfile.txt" you could then inspect tempfile.txt to see what the date is associated with the file. Not the most elegant of solutions, but it will work.

Hope it helps...

 

[tesar]

Try
= adir(a1, filename)
filedate = a1(1,3)
Tesar

 

[acf]

adir() is just what I need.

Very impressed with the speed of response! Thanks