This is the file-age-check tool, or fack for short.
Ever been tired of comparing timestamps of last-modification-date against the current date, just in order to check if the compiler really did modify the artifact?
Well these times are over now thanks to fack.
Just run fack <filename> to get a human-readable representation of the
file-last-modification timestamp.
Need more information? No problem, run fack --detailed <filename> or
fack -d <filename> for short.
Want to use fack in a non-interactive way for checking if the file has been
changed in the last, say, 12h? Use fack --non-interactive --since 12h <filename>
or fack -n -s 12h <filename> for short.
Well, as stated above, I sometimes have to give a fack about when a file was last modified. And it was a nice little sideproject to write in Go.
Also, sometimes it can be quite entertaining to type 'fack' in a screen-shared terminal session, when your colleagues and employers are watching.
This is just a fun sideproject. I will do my best to respond to issues reported via the project's github page, but please be well aware that this is not at all well-maintained software.
You are welcome to fork the project and send a pullrequest. Please make sure to adhere to
The Developer Certificate of Origin and add a line with
Signed-Off-By: Your Name <your@mailaddress.com>. There is also a github ci workflow checking on this.
fack is licensed under The 3-Clause BSD License.
If you want to support me, you could contribute some features or maybe buy me a coffee