Directory.SetLastWriteTime(String, DateTime) Method
Definition
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Sets the date and time a directory was last written to.
public:
static void SetLastWriteTime(System::String ^ path, DateTime lastWriteTime);
public static void SetLastWriteTime (string path, DateTime lastWriteTime);
static member SetLastWriteTime : string * DateTime -> unit
Public Shared Sub SetLastWriteTime (path As String, lastWriteTime As DateTime)
Parameters
- path
- String
The path of the directory.
- lastWriteTime
- DateTime
The date and time the directory was last written to. This value is expressed in local time.
Exceptions
path
was not found (for example, the directory doesn't exist or it is on an unmapped drive).
path
was not found (for example, the directory doesn't exist or it is on an unmapped drive).
.NET Framework and .NET Core versions older than 2.1: path
is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or contains one or more invalid characters. You can query for invalid characters with the GetInvalidPathChars() method.
path
is null
.
The specified path, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length.
The caller does not have the required permission.
The current operating system is not Windows NT or later.
lastWriteTime
specifies a value outside the range of dates or times permitted for this operation.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use SetLastWriteTime
.
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
void main()
{
try
{
String^ path = "c:\\MyDir";
if ( !Directory::Exists( path ) )
{
Directory::CreateDirectory( path );
}
else
{
// Take an action that will affect the write time.
Directory::SetLastWriteTime( path, DateTime(1985,4,3) );
}
// Get the last write time of a well-known directory.
DateTime dt = Directory::GetLastWriteTime( path );
Console::WriteLine( "The last write time for this directory was {0}", dt );
//Update the last write time.
Directory::SetLastWriteTime( path, DateTime::Now );
dt = Directory::GetLastWriteTime( path );
Console::WriteLine( "The last write time for this directory was {0}", dt );
}
catch ( Exception^ e )
{
Console::WriteLine( "The process failed: {0}", e );
}
}
using System;
using System.IO;
class Test
{
public static void Main()
{
try
{
string path = @"c:\MyDir";
if (!Directory.Exists(path))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
}
else
{
// Take an action that will affect the write time.
Directory.SetLastWriteTime(path, new DateTime(1985,4,3));
}
// Get the last write time of a well-known directory.
DateTime dt = Directory.GetLastWriteTime(path);
Console.WriteLine("The last write time for this directory was {0}", dt);
//Update the last write time.
Directory.SetLastWriteTime(path, DateTime.Now);
dt = Directory.GetLastWriteTime(path);
Console.WriteLine("The last write time for this directory was {0}", dt);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
}
}
}
open System
open System.IO
try
let path = @"c:\MyDir"
if not (Directory.Exists path) then
Directory.CreateDirectory path |> ignore
else
// Take an action that will affect the write time.
Directory.SetLastWriteTime(path, DateTime(1985, 4, 3))
// Get the last write time of a well-known directory.
let dt = Directory.GetLastWriteTime path
printfn $"The last write time for this directory was {dt}"
//Update the last write time.
Directory.SetLastWriteTime(path, DateTime.Now)
let dt = Directory.GetLastWriteTime path
printfn $"The last write time for this directory was {dt}"
with e ->
printfn $"The process failed: {e}"
Imports System.IO
Public Class Test
Public Shared Sub Main()
Try
Dim path As String = "c:\MyDir"
If Directory.Exists(path) = False Then
Directory.CreateDirectory(path)
Else
' Take an action that will affect the write time.
Directory.SetLastWriteTime(path, New DateTime(1985, 4, 3))
End If
'Get the last write time of a well-known directory.
Dim dt As DateTime = Directory.GetLastWriteTime(path)
Console.WriteLine("The last write time for this directory was {0}", dt)
'Update the last write time.
Directory.SetLastWriteTime(path, DateTime.Now)
dt = Directory.GetLastWriteTime(path)
Console.WriteLine("The last write time for this directory was {0}", dt)
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString())
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Remarks
The path
parameter is permitted to specify relative or absolute path information. Relative path information is interpreted as relative to the current working directory. To obtain the current working directory, see GetCurrentDirectory.
The case-sensitivity of the path
parameter corresponds to that of the file system on which the code is running. For example, it's case-insensitive on NTFS (the default Windows file system) and case-sensitive on Linux file systems.
For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.