FILE_MODTIME

The FILE_MODTIME function returns the modification time of the specified file or files.

Examples

To retrieve the modification time of dist.pro within the IDL library:

; Time in seconds since 1 January 1970

mtime = FILE_MODTIME(FILEPATH('dist.pro', SUBDIR = 'lib'))

; Convert to a date/time string

PRINT, SYSTIME(0, mtime)

IDL prints:

Thu Sep 24 10:48:19 2015

Syntax

Result = FILE_MODTIME(File)

Return Value

The result is a scalar or array of type LONG64. If File is a scalar then the result is a scalar, otherwise the result is an array of the same dimensions as File.

Arguments

File

A string or string array containing the path(s) to the file(s).

Keywords

None.

Version History

8.5.1

Introduced