File Modification Time, also known as mtime. On a UNIX filesystem, concepts similar to mtime include atime (access time) and ctime (metadata change time).
Questions tagged [filemtime]
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How to get filemtime compared to current time
I need to check the last modified time of my file. I have used filemtime() in PHP for that as below..
This works fine and I…
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Get the mtime of a symlink and not its target in Python
In Python (and Python2) on macOS, when I use
os.path.getmtime('/path/to/a/symlink')
I get the modification time of the symlink's target. - How do I get instead the modification time of the symlink itself?
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File seems to be timestamped before it is created
Following test is always failing (this runs on a linux system, the question is not about other OSes):
from time import time
from decimal import Decimal
from pathlib import Path
def test_timing():
start = Decimal(time())
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I want to get last modified date in php (stat failed)
what's wrong with my code? this code displays a warning like
Warning: filemtime(): stat failed for..
and shows the wrong date as a modified date.
$i = 0;
while ($i < count($files)) {
$current_file = $files[$i];
echo…
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Convert Ansible stat's mtime output to YYMMDD-HHMMSS
I'm trying to extract a file's last modified time in the format YYMMDD-HHMMSS (ex:210422-135018) using Ansible's stat module.
I'm getting the file's mtime in a playbook:
- name: stat
stat:
path: /path/to/file
register: file
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how do I create tar file keeping directory structure intact and excluding some files based on the last modified date
This is a directory structure:
I want to tar Directory1 with the conditions -
It should include only those files that are modified in the last three days.
Keep the directory structure intact.
The final tared output should be -
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How can I force browser to refresh the cache with php?
I am a beginner web "developer". I'm making the site of our dog kennel.
I've been facing the cache problem for days. I found out PHP filemtime could do the job, I just want to ask, if I put the PHP code like this, would it work?
If not, could you…
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How to use PHP glob() with minimum file date (filemtime)?
I want to get a range of files with PHP glob function, but no older than a month (or other specified date range).
My current code:
$datetime_min = new DateTime('today - 4 weeks');
$product_files =…
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How do I set the mtime of a symlink in TCL?
file mtime can be used to set the modifcation time of a file. But if it's a symlink, it will set the mtime of the target. How do I set the mtime of the symlink itself?
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Detect if a command modifies any files from a directory within a Python script
I have a Python script:
import subprocess
subprocess.run(['black', 'src'])
I would like to tell if the command run by subprocess modified any file in the folder src - so, I'd like my script to look like this:
import…
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How to catch error during mass sort of files that constantly change
array_multisort(array_map('filemtime', ($files = glob("*.json"))), SORT_DESC, $files);
This is the most efficient method to sort 45k json files I have found so far. Works great, except in my case the files are constantly being changed by a game…
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php filemtime in a loop at CLI on Windows doesn't get updates
I have a loop
while (true) {
$time = filemtime($file);
echo date("Y m d H i s", $time) . PHP_EOL;
sleep(3);
}
Then I change the file, and PHP doesn't see modification unless I restart the loop. After restart, PHP shows new mod date. How…
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Print remote servers FILENAME, MTIME in the screen using Net::SFTP::Foreign Perl Module
I am writing a code which need to get the file from remote server using Net::SFTP::Foreign Perl module.
Here is the script.
my $sftp = Net::SFTP::Foreign->new(
host=>$host,
user=>$user,
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How to obtain modified date/time of file? filemtime/fileatime does not return correct value
On my server running under Windows XP and PHP 5.4.16, it seems like the filemtime and fileatime returns value of creation time.
$r = touch("/$fname",10,10);
if ($r===false)
echo " FAILED ";
$stat = stat("/$fname");
print_r($stat);
$int =…
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