Radhika Sambamurti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: 
: my question is - where did the very first line from my
: output come from? ie Mon Mar 15 15:55:58. As you can see,
: ls -l does not show any file created at that time. Even
: . and .. are not the above time.
: Is it using sort(@array), that sorts it in some manner
: that I do not understand?

    Have you read perlfunc?

"The ctime field is non-portable, in particular you
 cannot expect it to be a 'creation time', see Files
 and Filesystems in the perlport manpage for details."

HTH,

Charles K. Clarkson
-- 
Mobile Homes Specialist
254 968-8328


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