std::filesystem::directory_entry::last_write_time - cppreference.com (original) (raw)

If the last modification time is cached in this directory_entry, returns the cached value. Otherwise, returns:

[edit] Parameters

ec - out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload

[edit] Return value

The last modification time for the referred-to filesystem object.

[edit] Exceptions

Any overload not marked noexcept may throw std::bad_alloc if memory allocation fails.

  1. Throws std::filesystem::filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed with p as the first path argument and the OS error code as the error code argument.

  2. Sets a std::error_code& parameter to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec.clear() if no errors occur.

[edit] Example

Possible output:

Wed Sep 6 13:37:13.960314156 2023 : "main.cpp" Wed Sep 6 13:37:42.690271828 2023 : "a.out"

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