char *file_date ( char *name, char *buf )

char *name;       // name of file on disk

char *buf;        // character array to receive date string

Synopsis

#include "silver.h"

The file_date function retrieves the last modification date of a file on disk, whose name as given by name . The date is returned in buf as a null-terminated string, formatted as "dd/mm/yy".

Parameters

name is a null-terminated string specifying the name of the disk file. buf is the address of a character buffer that is to receive the date string.

Return Value

file_date returns NULL if the file does not exist, or if some other error occurs. Otherwise, file_date returns buf .

See Also

file_time