base (version 3.4.0)

Sys.setFileTime:

Description

Uses system calls to set the times on a file or directory.

Usage

Sys.setFileTime(path, time)

Arguments

path

A length-one character vector specifying the path to a file or directory.

time

A date-time of class "POSIXct" or an object which can be coerced to one. Fractions of a second may be ignored.

Value

Logical, invisibly. An indication if the operation succeeded.

Details

This attempts sets the file time to the value specified. On a Unix-alike it uses the system call utimensat if that is available, otherwise utimes or utime. On a POSIX file system it sets both the last-access and modification times. Fractional seconds will set as from R 3.4.0 on OSes with the requisite system calls and suitable filesystems. On Windows it uses the system call SetFileTime to set the ‘last write time’. Some Windows file systems only record the time at a resolution of two seconds.