batch script that tells me when was the last time a file has been accessed

Question

I have a list of sales orders in a folder. I want a batch script that can output into a txt file, when were all the files last accessed but not necessarily modified.

Answer 1

On partitions with NTFS file system there are 3 file dates: creation date, last modification date and last access date.

The command

dir "path to directory" /TA /OD

lists all files of the directory according to last access date with last accessed file at bottom.

dir "path to directory" /TA /O-D

list the files in reverse order with last accessed file at top.

It is of course possible to redirect the output into a file by appending >"Name of list file with path.log"

But don't trust the last access time too much as it is really not reliable on when a file was last time opened for read only.

For more parameters of command dir open a command prompt window and enter dir /?