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From: efam@nvuxr (elliott familant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Obtaining the last access dates of files stored in a MS-DOS environment
Message-ID: <1905@nvuxr.UUCP>
Date: 27 Dec 90 00:10:05 GMT
Sender: efam@nvuxr.UUCP
Reply-To: efam@nvuxr (elliott familant)
Organization: Bell Communications Research, Red Bank, NJ
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 In the UNIX operating environment, you can obtain the date that a file
was last accessed.  Virtually, any operation done on a file changes this
date, including reading, copying, moving, and of course modifying.  I
know of no such similar information in the MS-DOS environment.  I know
you can get the last date that a file was modified, but I would like the
last access date.  Is this information obtainable?   

Thanks in advance.

Elliott Familant
Bellcore 
331 Newman Springs Rd
Red Bank, NJ 07701
(908) 758-2404