in reply to Re^4: File::stats issue
in thread File::stats issue

Yes, but 'overrides' != 'repeats'.

From File::stat:

This module's default exports override the core stat() and lstat() functions, replacing them with versions that return "File::stat" objects. ... You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still overrides your stat() and lstat() functions.)
and from stat:
stat Returns a 13-element list giving the status info for a file, either the file opened via FILEHANDLE, or named by EXPR.
I think the key word there is 'replace'. Nowhere in File::stat does it say that it returns a 13 element list indentical to stat.

You'll also want to familiarise yourself with the C library stat() function, since that is from where the field names are drawn.