Re: Latest File Modification Date

Can you use FDate()?


hth
-Stefan



"Gene Wirchenko" <genew@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:p5cp439ep4vd2tcnorihg2l8fv3d0j4im8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     I am updating my app loader program.  One of the things that I
> need to determine is the executable with the latest date (in the
> directory entry).  This is surprisingly awkward, because adir()
> returns date and time separately, and asort() sorts one column.
> Perhaps, I am missing a more suitable function.
>
>     Approach 1:
>          adir() to get the candidate filenames
>          asort() by date descending
>          find last element in array with latest date
>          asort() by time descending elements with latest date
>          return first filename in array
>
>     Approach 2:
>          adir() to get the candidate filenames
>          create cursor
>          append cursor from array
>          select max(dtos(dirdate)+dirtime) as maxwhen from cursor
>          select * from cursor where dtos(dirdate)+dirtime=maxwhen
>           into cursor2
>          return first filename in cursor2 (Ideally, there is only 1.)
>
>     Ha!  And I thought that the SQL approach would be shorter.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
>     I have preferences.
>     You have biases.
>     He/She has prejudices.


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