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murtlest YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Get "Last Modified" from file Jun 19th, 2007, 11:04am   Is there some smart and simple p5-way to get the last modified date from a file or do I have to do it the java-way?

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Get "Last Modified" from file Reply #1 - Jun 21st, 2007, 4:48pm   just the java way, but if it's in the sketch folder, use: Code: String path = sketchPath("filename"); File file = new File(path); println(file.lastModified()); or if it's in the data folder, you can use dataPath(). otherwise, an absolute path will do the trick.

murtlest YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: Get "Last Modified" from file Reply #2 - Jun 26th, 2007, 7:45pm   Perfect, thanks! Is there somewhere I can find out about all these neat but secret processing functions that are not in the extended reference?