Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 15:28:42 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Sean Middleditch <sean DOT middleditch AT usa DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Checking File Dates
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On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Sean Middleditch wrote:

> I want the compiler to work a bit like Make, in which  it only compiles 
> script sources if their date is newer than the compiler script object.  
> However, every file-data function I have been able to find doesn't seem 
> to work.

``Doesn't seem to work'' is too vague.  Please describe the functions you 
tried to use and what didn't work there.

The usual way of getting file's date and time is to call either `stat' or 
`findfirst' library functions.  Look them up in the library reference, 
for more details.