get modified date from ls instead of stat

generasitio.lua

@@ -365,12 +365,12 @@ function secondPass() -- write incoming links and footer
 	end
 end
 
-function initPageMetadata( name ) -- return a table with metadata
+function initPageMetadata( name, date ) -- return a table with metadata
 	local meta = { 
 		incoming = {},
 		slug = slugify(name), name = name, 
 		ptitle = "", pdescription = "",
-		updatedate = "",
+		updatedate = date,
 		navcontent = "",
 		gemincoming = "", webincoming = "",
 		gemtranslation = "", webtranslation = ""
@@ -379,11 +379,6 @@ function initPageMetadata( name ) -- return a table with metadata
 		web = { path = string.format("%s/%s.html", webdir, meta.slug) },
 		gem = { path = string.format("%s/%s.gmi", gemdir, meta.slug) }
 	}
-	-- get update date for file
-	local stat = io.popen(string.format("stat -c %%y src/%s.gmo", meta.slug),"r")
-	local dat = stat:read("l")
-	stat:close()
-	meta.updatedate = string.sub(dat, 1, 10) -- YYYY-MM-DD
 	return meta
 end
 
@@ -395,18 +390,19 @@ function genIndex()
 	local index = assert( io.open(indexpath,"a" ) )
 
 	-- get gmo files in chronological order
-	local gmofiles = io.popen("ls -t src/*gmo")
+	local gmofiles = io.popen("ls -to --time-style=+%F src/*gmo")
 	local count = 0
 	for filename in gmofiles:lines() do
-		local basename = string.sub(filename, 5, -5) -- remove src/ and .gmo
+		local date,basename = string.match(filename,"^.+%s(.-)%ssrc/(.-).gmo$")
 		local name = spacify(basename)
 		-- create an entry for each file
-		local entry = string.format("=> ./%s.gmi {%s}\n", basename, name)
-		index:write(entry)
-
+		if name ~= "pages" then
+			local entry = string.format("=> ./%s.gmi {%s}\n", basename, name)
+			index:write(entry)
+		end
 		-- also initialize each name in the pages table
 		-- initialize page metadata
-		pages[ name ] = initPageMetadata( name ) 
+		pages[ name ] = initPageMetadata( name, date )
 		count = count + 1
 	end
 	gmofiles:close()