input from os-dir to include file dates?

[freak]

Is there any way to get the file dates with "input from os-dir"? What I'm trying to do is get the oldest file in a directory so it can be overwritten.

 

[jongpau]

You can definitely get it through the FILE-INFO system handle.

FILE-INFO:FILE-NAME = "<opsys file name>":U.
MESSAGE FILE-INFO:FILE-CREATE-DATE FILE-INFO:FILE-MOD-DATE
        VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX.

So I suppose you can read the directory contents with OS-DIR and then get the date for each file in the directory by using FILE-INFO.

Hope this helps

Paul

 

[sdjensen]

Create a temptable containing the filenames and the date.

You cannot specify which order that you should receive the filenames from Os-dir as it is given by the operating system.

 

[freak]

Thanks to both of you. I've created a temp table to do the sort.