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-rw-r--r--ghc/compiler/utils/Util.lhs15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ghc/compiler/utils/Util.lhs b/ghc/compiler/utils/Util.lhs
index d51a09d9ab..2f20226794 100644
--- a/ghc/compiler/utils/Util.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/utils/Util.lhs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ module Util (
-- IO-ish utilities
createDirectoryHierarchy,
doesDirNameExist,
+ modificationTimeIfExists,
later, handleDyn, handle,
@@ -89,10 +90,12 @@ import List ( zipWith4 )
#endif
import Monad ( when )
-import IO ( catch )
+import IO ( catch, isDoesNotExistError )
import Directory ( doesDirectoryExist, createDirectory )
import Char ( isUpper, isAlphaNum, isSpace, ord, isDigit )
import Ratio ( (%) )
+import Time ( ClockTime )
+import Directory ( getModificationTime )
infixr 9 `thenCmp`
\end{code}
@@ -840,6 +843,16 @@ handle h f = f `Exception.catch` \e -> case e of
#endif
-- --------------------------------------------------------------
+-- check existence & modification time at the same time
+
+modificationTimeIfExists :: FilePath -> IO (Maybe ClockTime)
+modificationTimeIfExists f = do
+ (do t <- getModificationTime f; return (Just t))
+ `IO.catch` \e -> if isDoesNotExistError e
+ then return Nothing
+ else ioError e
+
+-- --------------------------------------------------------------
-- Filename manipulation
type Suffix = String