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From: mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Arexx file dates ?
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Date: 1 May 91 17:02:28 GMT
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   In article <1589@tronsbox.xei.com> tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson) writes:
   >
   >	From Amiga REXX .. how does one access the filedate ????

Use the STATEF function (in the support library). It returns the file
type, size, protection bits, date (in terms days, minutes and ticks),
and the comment. Something like:

	parse value statef(filename) with . . . . days minutes ticks .

(you'll have to look at the docs to get the right number of "."'s.)

	<mike
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