getting file info?

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Re: getting file info? by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Nov 28, 2001 at 01:28 UTC
See stat. Please read perlfunc and all of the documentation that ships with Perl. Please see my other comment regarding the purchase of an "intro to Perl" book.	[reply]
Re: getting file info? by Dogma (Pilgrim) on Nov 28, 2001 at 02:31 UTC
On most unix systems you can access the perldocs through either man or the perldoc command. To answer your question directly try "`perldoc -f stat`". You really should have a look at perls included documentation. To get started try "`perldoc perl`" to get a list of documentation sections.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: getting file info? by IlyaM (Parson) on Nov 28, 2001 at 05:40 UTC
Also check module File::stat. It replaces core function stat so it provides more nice interface. Compare these examples: `my $mode = (stat($file))[2];` [download] and `use File::stat; my $mode = stat($file)->mode;` [download] Second variant IMHO is much more readable.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
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