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    Normally you can get last modified date easily with QFileInfo::lastModified().
    However this doesn't work when a file inside Qt's resource system is used

    @QFileInfo resourceInfo("://resource.txt");
    qDebug() << resourceInfo.lastModified().toString() // returns ""@
    

    Is there a possibility to find out the last modified date without temporarily copying the file from the resources to the file system?

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      Hi,

      AFAIK no, the files in the resources are compiled in your application so these informations are out of your OS access. Out of curiosity, why would you need that ?

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      Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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