Question

How to get file modified time using stat() function in C

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

int main()
{
    char file[100] = "d:\\data.txt";
	struct stat stats;

	printf("File: %s\n", file);
	
    if (stat(file, &stats) == 0) {
         printf("Modified on: %s", ctime(&stats.st_mtime));
    }
    else {
        printf("Unable to get file modified time\n");
    }
    
    return 0;
}
        
          
          
          
/*
run:
          
File: d:\data.txt
Modified on: Sun Jul 12 10:35:03 2020
       
*/

 

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