file_time(3)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro manual page for file_time(3) — yes, the Allegro game programming library one. 💖

file_time — Returns the modification time of a file. Allegro game programming library.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro.h>

time_t file_time(const char *filename);

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So literally, this function returns the modification time of a file — and that time is the number of seconds since 00:00:00 GMT 1/1/1970. iconic timestamp energy, no cap. ⏰✨

But bestie, listen: if the file does not exist or an error occurs, it will return zero and store the system error code in errno. so if you get a zero, don't just vibe — go check errno, fr fr. 😭💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

file_exists(3), file_size_ex(3)

later bestie!! this was Allegro version 4.4.3, and the page is file_time(3) — mwah 💋🫶