Hello, I have following code that I am using to get modification time of a file. But it is not working. Whether I use stat command or -M operator, I am getting error messages like "Use of uninitialized value…" or "Can't call method "mtime" on an undefined value" depending on which method I use. Any suggestions? I am using MAC OS v10.8.5. I swear that the -M option worked yesterday few times but since then it has stopped working. I am flummoxed. 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use POSIX qw(strftime);
use Time::Local;
use Time::localtime;
use File::stat;
use warnings;

$CosMovFolder = '/Logs/Movies';

# sorting files based on modification date
opendir (DIR, $CosMovFolder);
     @moviedir=readdir(DIR);
     #$file1modtime = -M $moviedir[1]; # tried this, not working.  sam
+e uninitialized value error message
closedir(DIR);
    
     @moviedir = sort { -M "$CosMovFolder/$a" <=> -M "$CosMovFolder/$b
+" } (@moviedir); #sorting files by modification dates
     $latestfile = $moviedir[1];
     print "file is: $latestfile\n";
     open (FH,$latestfile);
     
      #$diff_mins = (stat($latestfile))[9];  #didn't work, same uninit
+ialized value error message
      my $diff_mins = (stat(FH)->mtime); # Can't call method "mtime" o
+n an undefined value error message
     print $diff_mins,"\n";
     close FH;

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In reply to Getting modification time in perl not working on my MAC by hary536

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