Question

I am trying to get the last modified date from a file, but need its path? Could someone please show me how i can get the file path?

[HttpGet]
public string uploadfile(string token, string filenameP, DateTime modDate, HttpPostedFileBase file)
{
    MemoryStream target = new MemoryStream();   
    file.InputStream.CopyTo(target);    
    byte[] data = target.ToArray();

    //ModDate = File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc("Path");
}

Answer 1

You are creating a new file on the server when you upload. The last modified date will be “now” (the time the file is created). There is no way to snoop the user’s machine to get this information (which is not part of the file itself). Can’t be done with an HTTP form upload.

Now, some file types may contain metadata in the file which may have pertinent information. If you know the file type and it does contain such metadata then you can open the file and have a look.