Of course, it's trivial to set the clock back in Windows, so does the access
time reliably tell you anything?

c:\>dir /ta a.txt
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 0000-0000

 Directory of c:\

07/24/2002  10:33a                  10 a.txt
               1 File(s)             10 bytes
               0 Dir(s)   1,234,567,890 bytes free

c:\>date
The current date is: Wed 07/24/2002
Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy) 1/1/1980 <-- Time travel
 ^-- (Be careful, this froze my Win2k machine!)

c:\>type a.txt
hello

c:\>date
The current date is: Tue 01/01/1980
Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy) 7/24/2002 <-- Back to the future!

c:\>dir /ta a.txt
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 0000-0000

 Directory of c:\

01/01/1980  11:34a                  10 a.txt
               1 File(s)             10 bytes
               0 Dir(s)   1,234,567,890 bytes free

c:\>


-----Original Message-----
From: Mario Camara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 10:35 AM
To: 'Wolf, Glenn'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: how to tell when a file was last read
Importance: High


Under Windows 98 you should use:

DIR /V

And you shall see what you need...
 
 
Mário Câmara
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wolf, Glenn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 8:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: how to tell when a file was last read

Aw, be nice.  Some people _have_ to use those windows thingies...

Check "dir /?" -- specifically, "dir /ta" will do what you want.

Glenn


-----Original Message-----
From: Tobias Rosenstock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 9:27 AM
To: Mike
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: how to tell when a file was last read

> under windows???

under your windows? well, under my windows, there are window sills.. no
files there, sorry. i have a couple of files in my toolbox, though. but
nobody can tell when they were last accessed..

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