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.TH Path.changed 3 2025-11-29 "Tomo man-pages"
.SH NAME
Path.changed \- get the last changed time
.SH LIBRARY
Tomo Standard Library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BI Path.changed\ :\ func(path:\ Path,\ follow_symlinks:\ Bool\ =\ yes\ ->\ Int64?)
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Gets the file change time of a file.


.SH ARGUMENTS

.TS
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Name	Type	Description	Default
path	Path	The path of the file whose change time you want. 	-
follow_symlinks	Bool	Whether to follow symbolic links. 	yes
.TE
.SH RETURN
A 64-bit unix epoch timestamp representing when the file or directory was last changed, or `none` if no such file or directory exists.

.SH NOTES
This is the ["ctime"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stat_(system_call)#ctime) of a file, which is _not_ the file creation time.

.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
assert (./file.txt).changed() == 1704221100
assert (./not-a-file).changed() == none
.EE
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR Tomo-Path (3)