In linux an ls -l should show you the last time a file was modified, in windows modified and accessed it's a property of the file so just right-click on it and choose properties I know it works on NTFS and FAT32.
As far as I know you can't trust the dates though, there are "touch" programs that allow any user to arbitrarily change any of the dates. a good clue that there has been tampering is if the file was last modified before it was created...;-) -t -----Original Message----- From: Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: how to tell when a file was last read Hi there, I understand there is a way to tell when a file was last _read_ by a user. (as opposed to when it was created) Does anybody know how to do this ? under linux ? under windows??? Cheers, Mike
