2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 1cb3fab1e..83b68e796 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -1106,6 +1106,20 @@ unsigned long long FileFd::Size()
    return size;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// FileFd::ModificationTime - Return the time of last touch		/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* */
+time_t FileFd::ModificationTime()
+{
+   struct stat Buf;
+   if (fstat(iFd,&Buf) != 0)
+   {
+      _error->Errno("fstat","Unable to determine the modification time of file %s", FileName.c_str());
+      return 0;
+   }
+   return Buf.st_mtime;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
 // FileFd::Close - Close the file if the close flag is set		/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* */
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
index 59a9d97e3..8f2d7a0a0 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class FileFd
    unsigned long long Tell();
    unsigned long long Size();
    unsigned long long FileSize();
+   time_t ModificationTime();
 
    /* You want to use 'unsigned long long' if you are talking about a file
       to be able to support large files (>2 or >4 GB) properly.