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Re: Missing file date
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Re: Missing file date


  • Subject: Re: Missing file date
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:45:56 +1000

On 24/9/03 4:31 AM +1000, Timothy K. Wilkinson, email@hidden, wrote:

> It works fine except for the times that there is no date. It returns a
> value of "msng". This seems to happen on files that are invisible and have
> a "." in front of them. I've tried to test for that (see below) but with
> no success.

What is actually being returned is "missing value" (no quotes), which
returns "msng" when coerced to text. I'm a bit surprised that you're getting
this, but in answer to your question, try changing this:

> if file_date is not equal to "msng" then

to:

if file_date is not missing value then


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Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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