tomo-Path.changed.3

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   2 .\" Copyright (c) 2026 Bruce Hill
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   5 .TH Path.changed 3 2026-03-08 "Tomo man-pages"
   6 .SH NAME
   7 Path.changed \- get the last changed time
   8 .SH LIBRARY
   9 Tomo Standard Library
  10 .SH SYNOPSIS
  11 .nf
  12 .BI Path.changed\ :\ func(path:\ Path,\ follow_symlinks:\ Bool\ =\ yes\ ->\ Int64?)
  13 .fi
  14 .SH DESCRIPTION
  15 Gets the file change time of a file.
  16 
  17 
  18 .SH ARGUMENTS
  19 
  20 .TS
  21 allbox;
  22 lb lb lbx lb
  23 l l l l.
  24 Name	Type	Description	Default
  25 path	Path	The path of the file whose change time you want. 	-
  26 follow_symlinks	Bool	Whether to follow symbolic links. 	yes
  27 .TE
  28 .SH RETURN
  29 A 64-bit unix epoch timestamp representing when the file or directory was last changed, or `none` if no such file or directory exists.
  30 
  31 .SH NOTES
  32 This is the ["ctime"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stat_(system_call)#ctime) of a file, which is _not_ the file creation time.
  33 
  34 .SH EXAMPLES
  35 .EX
  36 assert (./file.txt).changed() == Int64(1704221100)
  37 assert (./not-a-file).changed() == none
  38 .EE
  39 .SH SEE ALSO
  40 .BR Tomo-Path (3)