$filename1 = "c:/progra~1/imms";             #file on the client (win 95/98).
$filename2 = "//bmc_1/imms_stock/imms_exe/imms.exe";    #file on server.

if ((stat($filename1))[10] < (stat($filename2))[10])
{
    print "$filename1 is old\n";
    copy ($filename2, $filename1) or die "copy failed: $!\n";
    print "$filename2 updated!\n";
}else{
    print "$filename2 is up to date!\n";
    print "No files copied!\n";
}

##</code><code>##

sub file_age {
   (stat($_[0]))[10]; # return the epoch seconds since the file was created
}

$filename1 = "c:/progra~1/imms";             #file on the client (win 95/98).
$filename2 = "//bmc_1/imms_stock/imms_exe/imms.exe";    #file on server.

if (file_age($filename1) < file_age($filename2)) {
    print "$filename1 is old\n";
    copy ($filename2, $filename1) or die "copy failed: $!\n";
    print "$filename2 updated!\n";
}else{
    print "$filename2 is up to date!\n";
    print "No files copied!\n";
}