[Patrick C]

Two Shell object functions would be useful:

1) File rename or move.
Application: Rename an existing file as a backup before overwriting.
E.g. shell.RenameFile("d:\\mypath\\myfile.txt", "backup_myfile.txt");
or shell.MoveFile("d:\\mypath\\myfile.txt", "d:\\backups\\backup_myfile.txt");

2) Read a file’s modification date / time.
Application: Detect outdated files.
E.g. shell.GetFileDate("d:\\mypath\\myfile.txt");
A standardised string as a return value would be ideal.
E.g. “1995-12-17T03:24:00” as in developer.mozilla.org

Currently I’m using shell.Run(…) based workarounds.
→ No urgency from my side.

For anyone interested in the workaround functions (jsee V8 scripts):
os_renameFile(fPath, newName); // Rename the file in fPath to newName.
os_getFileModDate(fPath); // fPath’s modified date / time as a JavaScript Date() object

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