Date:	Thu, 6 Jul 2000 10:26:33 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: How to convert findfirst()'s mod-time to utime()'s format?
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On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 sami3079 AT my-deja DOT com wrote:

> My problem is that stat() is slow

The documentation of `stat' (type "info libc alpha stat" from the
command prompt) includes a pointer to the description of the
`_djstat_flags' variable that will help you speed up `stat'
tremendously.  Did you try that?

> How do I convert the values returned by findfirst() to the format
> used by utime()?

The easiest way to find out would be to download the library sources
(v2/djlsr203.zip) and look into the source of `stat'.

> I can only find the documentation for findfirst()'s ''ffblk'', but I
> haven't found any info on utime()'s format.

How so?  The documentation for `utime' in libc.info clearly says that
it accepts a struct whose two members are of the type `time_t'.
There are quite a few functions in the library which return a time_t
result, for example `mktime'.  Another example is included in the docs
of `utime'.

> It would be nice
> to get date/time info from findfirst() because it's is used in
> the code just before the stat() which I currently have to use.

It looks like you are using the library functions inefficiently.
Perhaps if you explain why do you need the time in `utime's format
and why are you calling `findfirst', a simpler and more efficient
approach could be suggested.

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