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Function std.file.setTimes

Set access/modified times of file or folder name.

void setTimes(R) (
  R name,
  SysTime accessTime,
  SysTime modificationTime
)
if (isInputRange!R && !isInfinite!R && isSomeChar!(ElementEncodingType!R) && !isConvertibleToString!R);

void setTimes(R) (
  auto ref R name,
  SysTime accessTime,
  SysTime modificationTime
)
if (isConvertibleToString!R);

Parameters

NameDescription
name File/Folder name to get times for.
accessTime Time the file/folder was last accessed.
modificationTime Time the file/folder was last modified.

Throws

FileException on error.

Example

import std.datetime : DateTime, hnsecs, SysTime;

scope(exit) deleteme.remove;
write(deleteme, "a");

SysTime accessTime = SysTime(DateTime(2010, 10, 4, 0, 0, 30));
SysTime modificationTime = SysTime(DateTime(2018, 10, 4, 0, 0, 30));
setTimes(deleteme, accessTime, modificationTime);

SysTime accessTimeResolved, modificationTimeResolved;
getTimes(deleteme, accessTimeResolved, modificationTimeResolved);

writeln(accessTime); // accessTimeResolved
writeln(modificationTime); // modificationTimeResolved

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, Jonathan M Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.