FileTimeTouch

Sets file(s) to current date and time.

Syntax:

FileTimeTouch (file-list)

Parameters:

(s) file-list a delimited list of files, which may contain wildcards. (example: "*.jpg|*.bmp")

Returns:

(i) always 1.

 

File-list is a delimited list of files, which may contain wildcards. The path is searched if the file is not found in current directory and if the directory is not specified in file-list.

Windows Vista/2008 and newer: This function may require an Administrator level account if dealing with files located in a protected directories: 'Program Files' and 'Windows'.

This function supports extended-length path names.

Example:


;Alter the time of all files in the temp directory
Temp = Environment("temp")
If StrSub(temp,StrLen(temp),1)!="\" Then temp=StrCat(temp,"\")
FileTimeTouch("%temp%*.*")
a=TimeYmdHms( )
Message("FileTimeTouch","All files in %temp% set to %a%")
See Also:

FileAttrSet, FileTimeGet