C++ How to check the last modified time of a file

Question

I\'m caching some information from a file and I want to be able to check periodically if the file\'s content has been modified so that I can read the file again to get the new c

Answer 1

Please note that there are some limitations:

... The [time] resolution is as low as one hour on some filesystems... During program execution, the system clock may be set to a new value by some other, possibly automatic, process ...