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Function FILE-WRITE-DATE

Syntax:

file-write-date pathspec => date

Arguments and Values:

pathspec---a pathname designator.

date---a universal time or nil.

Description:

Returns a universal time representing the time at which the file specified by pathspec was last written (or created), or returns nil if such a time cannot be determined.

Examples:

     (with-open-file (s "noel.text"
                        :direction :output :if-exists :error)
       (format s "~&Dear Santa,~2%I was good this year.  ~
                    Please leave lots of toys.~2%Love, Sue~
                 ~2%attachments: milk, cookies~%")
       (truename s))
    =>  #P"CUPID:/susan/noel.text"
     (with-open-file (s "noel.text")
       (file-write-date s))
    =>  2902600800

Affected By:

The host computer's file system.

Exceptional Situations:

An error of type file-error is signaled if pathspec is wild.

An error of type file-error is signaled if the file system cannot perform the requested operation.

See Also:

Section 25.1.4.2 (Universal Time), Section 19.1.2 (Pathnames as Filenames)

Notes: None.

The following X3J13 cleanup issues, not part of the specification, apply to this section:

- PATHNAME-WILD:NEW-FUNCTIONS
- FILE-OPEN-ERROR:SIGNAL-FILE-ERROR
- PATHNAME-LOGICAL:ADD

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