Thanks for the suggestion! I did as you suggested: 

use Fcntl ':mode';

my $mode = ...;
if (S_ISDIR($mode)) {
  # directory
  ...
}

[download]

But still no joy. It simply doesn't enter the "if" block, even though I'm doing a stat on a directory. I suspect it's got something to do with the fact that the files (and dirs) are on a remote host. Anyway, reading the docs on the builtin stat has shown me how to get the permissions, i.e.

my $ssh2 = Net::SSH2->new();
my $sftp = $ssh2->sftp();

my %fstat = $sftp->stat("${testdir}");

my $perm = $fstat{"mode"} & 07777;

[download]

But is there no way to get the file type in the same way, i.e. using an & operator on the mode?

Many thanks..

In reply to Re^2: Net::SSH2::SFTP stat function by james_
in thread Net::SSH2::SFTP stat function by james_

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.