CommentsOn: File or Folder List … posted code

[Stanley Durham]

https://forum.powerbasic.com/forum/user-to-user-discussions/source-code/826631-file-or-folder-list

[Stanley Durham]

It should be tested before use.
I did test, but a bit going on there.
If anyone finds a problem, please let me know.
LastAccessTime is worthless, if you get the list, that will be the LastAccessTime.

[Stuart McLachlan]

LastAccessTime is worthless, if you get the list, that will be the LastAccessTime.

??? DIR$() shouldn't affect LastAccessTime. That is always the time something was last done with the file

However, if you do something else with the directory (such as open it in Explorer) , your AV is likely to scan any risky files there such as executables and their LastAccess will be updated

[Stanley Durham]

> ??? DIR$() doesn't affect LastAccessTime. That is always the time the file was last opened or closed.
Might be something wrong with the way I used it. I’ll take a look.

[Stuart McLachlan]

Just a suggestion: Your primary drive(s) are likely to be NTFS, so filetimes will be UTC.
You may llike to consider converting to local time for display purposes::

FOR x = 1 TO FListCount(list)
    pt.FileTime = FListGetCreationTime(list, x)
    pt.ToLocalTime
   SS FORMAT$(x) +": "+ $DQ + FListGetName(list, x) + $DQ + " ....... CreationTime: " + pt.DateStringLong() + ", " + pt.TimeString24()
NEXT x​

etc

[Stanley Durham]

I just deleted LastAccessTime.
It had a problem.
Not something I’d use anyway.
The main thing is LastWriteTime.

[Stuart McLachlan]

> ??? DIR$() doesn't affect LastAccessTime. That is always the time the file was last opened or closed.
Might be something wrong with the way I used it. I’ll take a look.

Note my addition to my previous post

[Stanley Durham]

> You may llike to consider convert t local time for display purposes::
The display is up to the user.
The functions just return a Quad.
I don’t won’t to mess with it unless there’s an error.
Thanks…