R.utils (version 1.29.8)

lastModified: Gets the time when the file was last modified

Description

Gets the time when the file was last modified. The time is returned as a POSIXct object.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'default':
lastModified(pathname, ...)

Arguments

pathname

A character string of the pathname to be checked.

...

Not used.

Value

• Returns POSIXct object specifying when the file was last modified. If the file does not exist or it is a directory, 0 is returned.

Symbolic links

This function follows symbolic links (also on Windows) and returns a value based on the link target (rather than the link itself).

See Also

Internally file.info() is used.