R: Gets the time when the file was last modified

lastModified {R.utils} | R Documentation

## 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

    ## Default S3 method:
    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).

### Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson

### See Also

Internally `file.info`() is used.

[Package R.utils version 2.7.0 Index]