If you have the path and filename, you could create a subfolder "temp" just for the purpose of reading the details of a single file.
## THIS IS NOT A SCRIPT -- LOL move the file into "temp". get the detailed fiiles. move the file from "temp" back to where you got it from. ~Roger ________________________________ From: use-livecode <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com> on behalf of Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 7:25:50 PM To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Cc: Richard Gaskin Subject: Re: Detailed File Information for One File Bob Sneidar wrote: > I can't find anything on the forums, which is par for the course, evwn > though I know it's been discussed. Is there an LC way to get details > about a file without shelling out to do it? I need to get the last > modified date of a file so I can check to see if I need to update the > version in a database when importing it. I would very much NOT like > having to get the detailed files of a folder and filter for the file I > am looking for as I already have a path to the actual file, and a > folder may contain a lot of files. I do not believe this has been implemented yet: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20384 That said, wasteful as "the detailed files" is it's probably more efficient in most cases than the overhead of initing a shell session. I've had good performance even in directories with tens of thousands of files. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ____________________________________________________________________ ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
