file-times

Gets or sets the created/modified/accessed timestamps of a file.

Installation

Requires Node.js 6.0.0 or above.

npm i file-times

API

The module exports an object with two methods: get() and set().

get()

This function can also be required directly via file-times/get.

Parameters

1. path (string): The file path.
2. Optional: Object argument:
   • wrapper (function): A callback through which the file times should be passed. Defaults to the moment library constructor.

Return Value

Returns a Promise that will resolve with an object containing four keys: created, modified, changed, and accessed. Each key corresponds to a timestamp that has been wrapped with wrapper.

Example

const getFileTimes = require('file-times/get')

getFileTimes('/path').then(({created, modified, changed, accessed}) => {
  // Do something with the file times
})

set()

This function can also be required directly via file-times/set.

Parameters

1. path (string): The file path.
2. Object argument:
   • Optional: created (Date or string)
   • Optional: modified (Date or string)
   • Optional: accessed (Date or string)

If a timestamp is omitted, it will not be changed. The set() function does not support changed. Setting created will have no effect on Linux.

Return Value

Returns a Promise.

Example

const setFileTimes = require('file-times/set')

setFileTimes('/path', {modified: new Date()}).then(() => {
  // Done
})