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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: System command "stat" doesn't seem to exist
From: "Ed" <>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:43:02 -0000
Jim,

Thanks for your response.  I AM trying to get a file's last
modification time from within a C program.  After experimenting a bit
I found out that I can do a system call to "stat" from within my
program, even though I can't seem to run "stat" from the command line.
 A system call to stat returns the file's a_time and m_time, which is
exactly what I needed.  I can covert the m_time to a broken-down time
structure and extract the elements I need.  There is probably a much
simpler way of doing this but for now this works.

Thanks.
Ed

--- In  Jim Jackson <> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Fred wrote:
> 
> > TS-7200 board running Debian Linux from CF card:
> >
> > This is no doubt a dumb newbie question, but when I try to use the
> > "stat" command I just get: "bash: stat: command not found".
> 
> probably not installed.
> 
> > Same
> > thing happens if I try it when I've booted from on-board flash
(BusyBox).
> 
> I don't think busybox contains it.
> 
> Can't think of the last time I ever had a need for it - what do you need
> it for? Maybe there's a nother way of getting the information?
> 
> Last access time can be got using
> 
>  ls -lu filename
> 
> (which should be meaningless - it being sensible to mount flash
cards with
> noatime to reduce writes)
> 
> Last modification time by
> 
>  ls -l filename
>




 
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