$mtime=(stat ( $ARGV[0] ))[9]; # mtime is 9 , atime is 8!! #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $mtime = (stat ( $ARGV[0] ))[9]; print "$mtime\n"; open ( F , '>>' ,$ARGV[0] ); print F 'japh'; close F; utime $mtime, $mtime, $ARGV[0]; $mtime = (stat($ARGV[0]))[9]; ## Update, this is supposed to be a 9 REALLY print "$mtime\n";