Re: Re: How do I use stat

thanks for the tips. I'm new to PERL ( you could probably tell). That really got me off to a great start.........one more question though please. Aside from the code that you gave me, do I have to have anything else because i think that the (stat $_) is not actually working. Do I need to have any code before i make the if comparison?? Hopefully that makes sense Thanks a lot

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Re: Re: Re: How do I use stat by ducky (Scribe) on Sep 28, 2001 at 00:05 UTC
No problem! That is exactly why we're here =) One thing to consider when doing `stat` is that it operates off of the current working directory. Perhaps $_ isn't really pointing to a valid file? Proper error checking is very good practice and often needs very little extra modification: `die "Bigger problem: '$_' doesn't exist!" if not -e $_ ; if ( time - (stat $_)[9] > 1200 ) { print "ERROR MESSAGE" }` [download] Oh, and no, `stat` works just fine by its lonesome. No prep is needed. -Ducky	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: Re: Re: How do I use stat
by ducky (Scribe) on Sep 28, 2001 at 00:05 UTC

No problem! That is exactly why we're here =)

One thing to consider when doing stat is that it operates off of the current working directory. Perhaps $_ isn't really pointing to a valid file? Proper error checking is very good practice and often needs very little extra modification:

die "Bigger problem: '$_' doesn't exist!" if not -e $_ ;
if ( time - (stat $_)[9] > 1200 ) {
   print "ERROR MESSAGE"
}
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