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Get Oldest or Newest File

 Keywords: Old New Oldest Newest Latest Created Modified File Folder Directory FileInfoToArray ArraySort

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Question:

Hi guys I need to figure out how to pick out the latest file that was created or thrown into a folder, and then do something with that file. Is there a function for this? Thank you much!

Answer:

Here is a couple of examples that show how to get the newest file in a folder.

arrFI = FileInfoToArray ("*.*")
ArraySort (arrFI, @ASCENDING, 2, 1)
strFileLatest = arrFI [arrFI[0, 0], 0]

Or

arrFI = FileInfoToArray ("*.*")
ArraySort (arrFI, @DESCENDING, 2, 1)
strFileLatest = arrFI [1, 0]

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Article ID:   W17874

Filename:   Get Oldest or Newest File.txt

File Created: 2011:06:08:09:21:06

Last Updated: 2011:06:08:09:21:06