Subj : FGET_TIME
To   : Ace
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Feb 15 2002 03:31 pm

 Re: FGET_TIME
 By: Ace to DIGITAL MAN on Fri Feb 15 2002 08:54 pm

>   > > str newsdate
>   > > int newsfile time
>   > >
>   > >
>   > > FOPEN newsfile O_RDONLY "e:\sbbs\xtrn\news.txt"
>   > >   FGET_TIME newsfile time
>   > >   TIME_STR newsdate time
>   > > FCLOSE newsfile
>
> DM>FGET_TIME is not implemented in Synchronet v3 (I don't remember the reaso
>   >Use the GET_FILE_TIME function instead, which is much simplier and doesn'
>   >require opening and closing the file.
>
> I can't get this...!  (DAMN!)  The above makes sense to me but
> GET_FILE_TIME <int_var> <str_var>  doesn't, and seems opposite of what I
> need.  How do I get "e:\sbbs\xtrn\news.txt" into <str_var> to use in
> this function, and then that date/time into my newsdate string?

str fname
int ftime
str newsdate
set fname "e:/sbbs/xtrn/news.txt"
get_file_time ftime fname
time_str newsdate ftime


That should work. What did you try?

-Rob

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