Let's find out the reason: 
sub DirCheck {
    my $_dir = $_[0];
    opendir(my $dh, $_dir)
        or die "Can't open directory $_dir: $!\n";
    my @_dirStat = stat($dh)
        or die "Can't stat directory $_dir: $!\n";
    closedir($dh);

    print "Directory: $_dir\n";
    print "DirStat: " . @_dirStat . "\n";
    for my $i (@_dirStat) {
        print "Item: $i\n";
    }

    my $_mtime = $_dirStat[9];
    print "Last Modified Time for $_dir: $_mtime\n";
}

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(Removed useless quotes. Avoided global vars. They weren't even localised. Cleaned up error messages.)

In reply to Re: Stat not returning values for a directory on Windows XP by ikegami
in thread Stat not returning values for a directory on Windows XP by scott_shea

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