in reply to stat function ? number two

     Here's how I do it... 
use POSIX 'strftime';
open (FILE, "file.txt");
my $filedate = strftime('%m%d%Y', localtime( (lstat(FILE))[9] ));

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Re: Re: stat function ? number two
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 12, 2002 at 16:29 UTC
    Im j/w is there a way to do it withought use POSIX
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