Re: getting file attributes

From: Barry Kimelman (bkimelman_at_DELETEME.sc.rr.com)
Date: 08/31/04

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    While wandering through cyberspace on 28 Aug 2004 22:59:45 -0700 satish
    challa said :
    > Hi,
    > i want to the know the following,could any of u tell me.
    > How to get the attributes of a file(Linux) through a C program
    > like the time,the file last modified,last accessed etc.

    the "stat" or "lstat" system calls can get you the informatiion you need

    > How to check the System time in C,are there any functions defined
    > in time.h or any system calls.

    the "time" function can give you the system time (in seconds elapsed
    since the great beginning)

    > How to access a remote file through a C program.
    > Thank you
    >

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