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Old 09-25-2004, 06:00 AM   #1
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how to find from a program if a file has been accessed or not.....i am using linux
 
Old 09-28-2004, 03:37 AM   #2
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"ls -lu file" gives you the last time a file has been accessed.
You can do the same by using one of the stat system calls and look at the
st_atime field.
 
  


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