last access date for files

1) get-childitem | get-member

Looking at the System.IO.FileInfo, i m interested in getting the last
access date for file.

Is this the property : LastAccessTime ?


2.) i wish to retrieve last access time 14 days before the stipulated date.

how shld i retrieve it ?

get-childitem d:\directory | where-object {$_.lastaccesstime -gt 14days} ???

LastAccessTime gives the last time the file was last accessed

LastWriteTime gives the last time the file was written to

to list the files need something like

get-childitem d:\directory | where{$_.lastaccesstime -gt
((get-date).adddays(-14))}
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Richard Siddaway

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"IT Staff" wrote:

> 1) get-childitem | get-member
>
> Looking at the System.IO.FileInfo, i m interested in getting the last
> access date for file.
>
> Is this the property : LastAccessTime ?
>
>
> 2.) i wish to retrieve last access time 14 days before the stipulated date.
>
> how shld i retrieve it ?
>
> get-childitem d:\directory | where-object {$_.lastaccesstime -gt 14days} ???
>
>
>

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:05:20 +0800, "IT Staff" <jkklim@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>1) get-childitem | get-member
>
>Looking at the System.IO.FileInfo, i m interested in getting the last
>access date for file.
>
>Is this the property : LastAccessTime ?

For ordinary files yes.

For SQL Server database files the LastAccessTime doesn't change to
reflect each access to a database.

Andrew Watt MVP

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:05:20 +0800, "IT Staff" <jkklim@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>2.) i wish to retrieve last access time 14 days before the stipulated date.
>
>how shld i retrieve it ?

Richard has shown you a solution if you are interested in a date
range. If you want to see files written on a particular date use the
following as a basis:

get-childitem c:\* |
where-object {$_.lastaccesstime.date -eq
((get-date).date.adddays(-7))} |
format-table Name, LastAccessTime

It gives you files accessed 7 days ago i.e. on 3rd January (at the
time of writing).

Andrew Watt MVP

In windows explorer, there is a coulmn called " Date modified"

Is that date refer to "lastwritetime" ?

For "lastaccesstime" , where is this information display ? is it somewhere
in windows explorer as well ?





"Andrew Watt [MVP]" <SVGDeveloper@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:05:20 +0800, "IT Staff" <jkklim@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>2.) i wish to retrieve last access time 14 days before the stipulated
>>date.
>>
>>how shld i retrieve it ?
>
> Richard has shown you a solution if you are interested in a date
> range. If you want to see files written on a particular date use the
> following as a basis:
>
> get-childitem c:\* |
> where-object {$_.lastaccesstime.date -eq
> ((get-date).date.adddays(-7))} |
> format-table Name, LastAccessTime
>
> It gives you files accessed 7 days ago i.e. on 3rd January (at the
> time of writing).
>
> Andrew Watt MVP

"IT Staff" <jkklim@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eod$opRNHHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> In windows explorer, there is a coulmn called " Date modified"
>
> Is that date refer to "lastwritetime" ?

Yes. Although it is also referred to as the last modified time.

> For "lastaccesstime" , where is this information display ? is it somewhere
> in windows explorer as well ?

Right click on the file in windows explorer and select Properties. It's
right there on the initial dialog box.

--
Keith