Hi,
i want to the know the following,could any of u tell me.
How to get the attributes of a file(Linux) through a C program
like the time,the file last modified,last accessed etc.
How to check the System time in C,are there any functions defined
in time.h or any system calls.
How to access a remote file through a C program.
Thank you

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satish_challa@sify.com (satish challa) wrote:
# Hi,
#    i want to the know the following,could any of u tell me.
#     How to get the attributes of a file(Linux) through a C program
# like the time,the file last modified,last accessed etc.

Check the stat man page
man 2 stat

That will get modified and access times, mode, size, etc,

#      How to check the System time in C,are there any functions defined
# in time.h or any system calls.

You can get the time in seconds with time(0)

#      How to access a remote file through a C program.

Unless you're thinking of something like a locally mounted NFS volume,
this can be very complicated. You can check up on various URL libraries.

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satish_challa@sify.com (satish challa) wrote in message news:<ef44bd70.0408282159.34984c35@p
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> Hi,
>    i want to the know the following,could any of u tell me.
>     How to get the attributes of a file(Linux) through a C program
> like the time,the file last modified,last accessed etc.

man 2 stat

>      How to check the System time in C,are there any functions defined
> in time.h or any system calls.

man 2 time
man 3 ctime

>      How to access a remote file through a C program.
>                     Thank you

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satish_challa@sify.com (satish challa) writes:
>      How to access a remote file through a C program.

You should read various RFC (http://www.rfc-editor.org/)

Search for NFS, FTP, HTTP, WebDAV, and perhaps others that I don't
remember right now.  There, you'll have all the specifications needed
to implement the protocols needed to access a remote file through a C
program.


--
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Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never
stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and
neither do we.

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While wandering through cyberspace on 28 Aug 2004 22:59:45 -0700 satish
challa said :
> Hi,
>    i want to the know the following,could any of u tell me.
>     How to get the attributes of a file(Linux) through a C program
> like the time,the file last modified,last accessed etc.

the "stat" or "lstat" system calls can get you the informatiion you need



>      How to check the System time in C,are there any functions defined
> in time.h or any system calls.

the "time" function can give you the system time (in seconds elapsed
since the great beginning)


>      How to access a remote file through a C program.
>                     Thank you
>

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