File Metadata

Tiny baby library for getting file metadata. Originally written to work for a GameMaker game a friend is creating.

Table of Contents

• Installation
  • Alternative Installation
• Documentation
  • General Notes
  • filemeta_creation_date(path)
  • filemeta_modification_date(path)
  • filemeta_access_date(path)
  • filemeta_size(path)
  • filemeta_exists(path)
  • filemeta_is_directory(path)

Installation

1. Download the .yymps file from the latest release.
2. That's it! You can now import the package into your project by dragging it into your GameMaker window.

Alternative Installation

You can also use the dynamic library itself by extracting the .yymps file as a zip file, and adding the .dll/.dylib/.so file found within to your project manually by following this guide (skip the bits about Visual Studio and such).

GameMaker Usage Documentation

General Notes

• If a function encounters an error, it will return -1.0 and log to stderr.
• Timestamps are in seconds, not milliseconds.
• Internally, functions are prefixed with file_ rather than filemeta_, so if you are using the alternative installation method, the mapping is filemeta_creation_date -> file_creation_date, etc.

filemeta_creation_date(path)

Returns the creation date of the file at path as a UNIX timestamp in seconds.

filemeta_modification_date(path)

Returns the modification date of the file at path as a UNIX timestamp in seconds.

filemeta_access_date(path)

Returns the access date of the file at path as a UNIX timestamp in seconds.

filemeta_size(path)

Returns the size of the file at path in bytes.

filemeta_exists(path)

Returns true (1) if the file at path exists, false (0) otherwise.

filemeta_is_directory(path)

Returns true (1) if the file at path is a directory, false (0) otherwise.