diff --git a/file.php b/file.php
index 99bc48b..c9d7ec9 100644
--- a/file.php
+++ b/file.php
@@ -209,6 +209,21 @@ class file
 
   }
 
+  /** Get the file modification time of a file
+    * @param string $filename Path to the file
+    * @return the time the file was last modified, or FALSE on failure. The
+    * time is returned as a Unix timestamp, which is suitable for the date()
+    * function.
+    * @throws If parent directory not exists, is not writeable
+    */
+  public function filemtime ($filename)
+  {
+    $this->debug (2, "filemtime ($filename)");
+    $filename = $this->realpath ($filename);
+    $this->checkPathRO (dirname ($filename));
+    return filemtime ($filename);
+  }
+
   /** Return the current working directory
     * @return string the current working directory */
   public function getcwd ()
@@ -499,8 +514,14 @@ class file
     $files = array_diff (scandir ($tmpdirname), array('.','..'));
     foreach ($files as $file)
     {
-      (is_dir ("$tmpdirname/$file")) ? $this->rmdir("$dirname/$file") :
-                                       unlink ("$tmpdirname/$file");
+      if (is_dir ("$tmpdirname/$file"))
+      {
+        $this->rmdir("$dirname/$file", $recursive);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        unlink ("$tmpdirname/$file");
+      }
     }
     return rmdir ($tmpdirname);
   }