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Keywords: FileTimeCode Find newest file
;*********************************************************************************** ;** NEWEST FILE FINDER ;** ;** This sample code is designed to locate ;** the "newest" file in a single directory. ;** ;** NOTES: ;** Set PATH variable to the directory in which you would like to search ;** Set FILETYPES variable to the wildcarded file list you would like to search ;** Remove noted debugging lines when fully debugged. ;** ;** Written by: Deana D. ;*********************************************************************************** ;*********************************************************************************** debug(1);;;debugging only PATH="c:\temp\" ;final backslash required FILETYPES="*.txt|*.bak" dex=Direxist(PATH) if dex==1 ;check if directory exists DirChange(PATH);DO NOT REMOVE DAFILES=FileItemize(FILETYPES);gets a list of all .txt and .bak files if DAFILES=="" ; if there are no files message("No Files Matched","In the directory %PATH%");error message exit endif count=ItemCount(DAFILES, @TAB);counts number of files in list For x= 1 to count ;loops the number of times that there are files curfile=ItemExtract(x, DAFILES, @TAB) if x==1 newfile=ItemExtract(x+1, DAFILES, @TAB);IMPORTANT executes only on first loop if newfile=="" ;executes if only one file in the directory newfile=curfile message("Only one file in the directory","Newest file:%newfile% is only file");;;debugging only break endif endif a=FileTimeCode("%PATH%%curfile%") b=FileTimeCode("%PATH%%newfile%") if a > b ans = "curfile: %curfile% is NEWER than newfile: %newfile%" ;;;;;debugging only newfile=curfile;This line is very important! DO NOT REMOVE else ans = "curfile: %curfile% is OLDER than newfile: %newfile%" ;;;;debugging only curfile="";this clears curfile variable which is useful for debugging endif Display(1,"Looping:%x%",ans);;;;debugging only (slows script down) Next Message("Newest file is:",newfile);Here we display the newest file else Message("Opps","The Directory %PATH% is invalid");error message endif exit
Article ID: W13077
Filename: FileTimeCode Example.txt
File Created: 1999:04:15:16:51:36
Last Updated: 1999:04:15:16:51:36