"Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No. I wrote the code to derive the file type from an 'lstat' > call in a previous post and thought you were happy with that.
Yes, I was happy with it. It does all I need. Further ponderings weren't really related to what I'm doing with it. You've solved that... thanks. > Exactly how the filing system does it is something to trust > and forget about. Especially from within Perl, which will > happily that the bits are somewhere that aren't for the sake > of portability. Between you and Steve's detailed information I think I finally `get it'. About the `_'. It just tells perl to see if cached info satisfies another test. About testing for ^3 or ^1 in $mode content, so are there cases where a regular file will produce a number that doesn't start with 3, or a case where a directory will produce a number starting with something other than 1? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
