GetFileTime
- Updated2023-02-21
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int GetFileTime (char fileName[], int *hours, int *minutes, int *seconds);
Purpose
Gets the time that the file was last modified.
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Caution The Windows SDK also contains a function with the same name. Include windows.h before including utility.h to ensure that there are no compilation errors as a result of this naming conflict. Define the SDK_CONFLICT_PRIORITYSDK_CONFLICT_PRIORITY macro to force LabWindows/CVI to use the Windows SDK implementation of this function. |
Example Code
/* Get the time of WAVEFORM.DAT. */
int hours, minutes, seconds;
GetFileTime ("WAVEFORM.DAT", &hours, &minutes, &seconds);
Parameters
Input | ||
Name | Type | Description |
fileName | char [] | The pathname of the file for which to get the time. If you specify an empty string "", GetFileTime gets the time of the file found by the most recent call to GetFirstFile or GetNextFile. |
Output | ||
Name | Type | Description |
hours | int | The hours component of the time. Values: 0 to 23 |
minutes | int | The minutes component of the time. Values: 0 to 59 |
seconds | int | The seconds component of the time. Odd values are rounded down. Values: 0 to 59 |
Return Value
Name | Type | Description | ||||||||||||||
result | int | The result of the call.
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Additional Information
Library: Utility Library
Include file: utility.h
LabWindows/CVI compatibility: LabWindows/CVI 3.0 and later