$file = "/etc/exports"; $t1 = -A $file; $t2 = localtime((stat( $file ))[8]); $t3 = -A $file; print "t1 =$t1, t2=$t2, t3=$t3\n"; __END__ t1 =72.6449537037037, t2=Tue May 18 00:54:13 2004, t3=72.6449537037037