I'll add this to our list of bugs to investigate and fix for 702. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the dictionary, 1!:0 has the note: > > "Directory. y is a string of the path search expression (a boxed string > is also accepted); the result is a 5-column table of the file name, > modification time, size, permission, and attributes, individually boxed. > For example, try 1!:0 '*.*'. The permission and attribute columns are > system dependent. > > In Linux the last "use time" is in the result, rather than the last > "modification time". I do note that in Darwin/OSX, the modification time > is indeed in the second column. I think the modification time is much > more useful than the last use time (and is what the documentation > promises). > > This seems like a bug in the Linux version of 1!:0 -- well, to be more > specific, a bug in Linux J versions 7.01, 6.02, and 5.04. In release > 4.05, the modification time is reported correctly. Perhaps it has gone > unreported for a few years.... > > - joey > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
