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{{< CFEngine_function_prototype(filename, datestring, option) >}}

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This seems to cause an error when building.

template for shortcode "CFEngine_function_prototype" not found

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I've seen this before when the argument list in core does not match the docs

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reminds me of #3752

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Core PR was merged 8 hours ago - this issue will probably be fixed when there are new nightlies.


**Description:** Returns whether the file `filename` is older than some fuzzy time offset `datestring`. What file statistic is compared depends on the `option` argument. `"modify"` compares the time offset with the last modification, `"access"` with the last access and `"change"` with the last metadata change. `file_older_than` doesn't follow symlinks.

{{< CFEngine_function_attributes(filename, datestring, option) >}}

The function uses under the hood `date --date <str> +%s` from GNU coreutils, located at `/var/cfengine/bin/date`

**Example:**

```cf3
body common control
{
bundlesequence => { "init", "main" };
}

bundle agent init
{
files:
"/tmp/myfile.txt" create => "true";

commands:
"/bin/sleep" args => 10;
}

bundle agent main
{
classes:
"is_8sec_old" expression => file_older_than("/tmp/myfile.txt", "8 seconds");

reports:
is_8sec_old::
"/tmp/myfile.txt is older than 8 seconds";
}
```

**See also:**

- Related functions
- [`strtotime()`][strtotime]
- [`isnewerthan()`][isnewerthan]
- [`isnewerthantime()`][isnewerthantime]

**History:**

- Introduced in 3.29.0
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