| Sys.setFileTime {base} | R Documentation |
Uses system calls to set the times on a file or directory.
Sys.setFileTime(path, time)
path |
A length-one character vector specifying the path to a file or directory. |
time |
A date-time of class |
This attempts sets the file time to the value specified.
On a Unix-alike it uses the system call utimes if that is
available, otherwise utimes. On a POSIX file system it sets
both the last-access and modification times.
On Windows it uses the system call SetFileTime to set the
‘last write time’. Some Windows file systems only record the
time at a resolution of two seconds.
Logical, invisibly. An indication if the operation succeeded.