Help Me Please ! Need Support For Date And Directory

[azoth]

Hello,

Im totally noob in AutoIt scripting ...

But i want to progress !!

How can i retrieve the last file created in a given directory?

Some specs :

- I have a directory with some files in it

- All files are finished by a .log

- And all days, a new .log is created

I would like to retrieve the last file created and compare it with the system date (like _Now i imagine)

Many thanks for the help !!!

[Simucal]

Hello,

Im totally noob in AutoIt scripting ...

But i want to progress !!

How can i retrieve the last file created in a given directory?

Some specs :

- I have a directory with some files in it

- All files are finished by a .log

- And all days, a new .log is created

I would like to retrieve the last file created and compare it with the system date (like _Now i imagine)

Many thanks for the help !!!

Is there a particular pattern to the naming of the log files?

[azoth]

Is there a particular pattern to the naming of the log files?

Whaooo ! Thanks for the reply !

In fact, the files are created with NTBackup like:

back01.log

back02.log

...

I can retrieve the last file by name but when NTBackup have made his last log,

It recreate a new one with the same name, like this :

back01.log

back02.log

...

[new date]

back01.log

...

So i think that the most valuable solution is to compare the date of the file with the system date

and not with the name of the log... but i don't now how can i do that !!

[Micha1405]

Try this:

required Beta

#Include <File.au3>
#Include <Array.au3>

$SearchPath="c:\windows\system32"
$SearchPattern="*.log"
$FileList=_FileListToArray($SearchPath,$SearchPattern,1)

If (Not IsArray($FileList)) and (@Error=1) then 
    MsgBox(0,"","No files found")
    Exit
EndIf

dim $FileDateArray[1]
for $i=1 to $FileList[0]
    _ArrayInsert($FileDateArray,$i,FileGetTime($SearchPath&"\"&$FileList[$i] ,1,1)&"|"&$FileList[$i])
next
_ArraySort($FileDateArray,1)
$ret=StringSplit($FileDateArray[0],"|")
MsgBox(0,"","Newest file = "&$ret[2])

Edited May 6, 2006 by Micha1405

[jefhal]

I would like to retrieve the last file created and compare it with the system date (like _Now i imagine)

This would work too:

RunWait(@comspec & ' /c ' & 'dir ' & @tempdir & '\*.log /b /o-d > ' & @TempDir & '\newest.txt',@TempDir,@SW_HIDE)
$newest = FileReadLine(@TempDir & '\newest.txt')
MsgBox(1,"Newest log file in @tempdir",$newest)

Edited May 6, 2006 by jefhal

[azoth]

Thanks you so much !!!

I'll try your solutions and return the feedback

Great forum with active members !!!

[azoth]

YEAHH !!!! It works !!!

Very big thanks to all !!!

I'm happy !!!