Thread Subject: Get file date and time attributes from MATLAB...

Greetings!

Could you advice me please on the way to get file creation, modification date and time attributes from MATLAB?

Thanks in advance for prompt reply...

You can get the last modified date and time using the dir command on a directory. Dont know about file creation time/date.

"Andrey Kazak" <AK@nospam.ru> wrote in message <h0t7g6$ic4$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Greetings!
>
> Could you advice me please on the way to get file creation, modification date and time attributes from MATLAB?
>
> Thanks in advance for prompt reply...

Dear Andrey Kazak!

> Could you advice me please on the way to get file creation, modification date and time attributes from MATLAB?

You can call "stat" from a MEX file. Did you found something in the FileExchange?

Good luck, Jan

Dear Andrey Kazak!

> Could you advice me please on the way to get file creation, modification date and time attributes from MATLAB?

I found "fileExist" in the FEX:
  import java.io.*;
  a=File(fileName);
  bool=a.exists();

You don't need the existience, but the modification date:
  a.lastModified()
I cannot help you with the format of the replied number... And the creation date cannot determined also. But at least a start...

Good luck, Jan

Hallo, Jan!

Could you explain to me please what FEX and MEX are?

Dear Andrey Kazak!

> Could you explain to me please what FEX and MEX are?
FEX means the "File Exchange" on the MathWorks home page:
  www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/

MEX are compiled C/C++/Fortran files, which can be called from Matlab functions. "help mex" tells a short story about this.

Good luck, Jan

"Jan Simon" <matlab.THIS_YEAR@nMINUSsimon.de> wrote in message <h1866g$ci2$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Dear Andrey Kazak!
>
> > Could you explain to me please what FEX and MEX are?
> FEX means the "File Exchange" on the MathWorks home page:
> www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/
>
> MEX are compiled C/C++/Fortran files, which can be called from Matlab functions. "help mex" tells a short story about this.
>
> Good luck, Jan

OK, but what is FEX file?

Dear Andrey Kazak!

> > > Could you explain to me please what FEX and MEX are?
> > FEX means the "File Exchange" on the MathWorks home page:
> > www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/
>
> OK, but what is FEX file?
It is a file (of any type), which can be downloaded from the FEX pages.

Good night, Jan

"Jan Simon" <matlab.THIS_YEAR@nMINUSsimon.de> wrote in message <h198vq$kkq$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Dear Andrey Kazak!
>
> > > > Could you explain to me please what FEX and MEX are?
> > > FEX means the "File Exchange" on the MathWorks home page:
> > > www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/
> >
> > OK, but what is FEX file?
> It is a file (of any type), which can be downloaded from the FEX pages.
>
> Good night, Jan

Does FEX states to File Exchange (http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/)?

Dear Andrey Kazak!

> Could you advice me please on the way to get file creation, modification date and time attributes from MATLAB?

GetFileTime, SetFileTime at least for Windows:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24671

Kind regards, Jan

"Jan Simon" <matlab.THIS_YEAR@nMINUSsimon.de> wrote in message <h3as7f$mdp$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Dear Andrey Kazak!
>
> > Could you advice me please on the way to get file creation, modification date and time attributes from MATLAB?
>
> GetFileTime, SetFileTime at least for Windows:
> http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24671
>
> Kind regards, Jan
Dear Jan & Kazak

I stumbled today about this myself !

Perhaps already solved but for the date you could use :

files=dir(strcat(FullPathToFile,Filename));
last_modified=files.date;

Cheers
Peter