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Re: Best way to check file modification time?
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Joost Kremers |
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Re: Best way to check file modification time? |
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19 Nov 2015 14:10:02 GMT |
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Barry Margolin wrote:
> Instead of saving the file's modification time, remember the time that
> you started reading the file. Then when you're about to save it, see if
> the mod time is newer than that.
Ok, that sounds like a good suggestion. Thanks.
> This can potentially run into a problem if the file is on a server and
> there's clock skew between the client and server, but that's a common
> problem.
Yeah, I already figured it would not be possible to exclude the risk
completely. Such is life.
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