> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kashif Salman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 15:24
> To: David Moreno
> Cc: John W. Krahn; Perl Beginners
> Subject: Re: lstat and its uses
>
> I am not sure how to bring it up using the perldoc, I read it when I
> was going through the book "Learning Perl". Maybe someone else here
> can point out how to find it in perldoc..
use perldoc -f stat
you can use lstat, but soes not say much and really points you to stat
stat is a perl builtin
type in perldoc -h
gives more info on perldoc and what it can do for you.
Wags ;)
>
> On Feb 11, 2008 3:16 PM, David Moreno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > That is very interesting, actually. What piece of
> documentation should I
> > read to learn about this operators?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > David.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 11, 2008 6:14 PM, Kashif Salman
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Perl already has all the info from the previous lstat
> command, using _
> > > is more efficient in that it doesn't have to do another
> system call.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Feb 11, 2008 2:06 PM, David Moreno
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Feb 11, 2008 4:47 PM, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > lstat $filename;
> > > > > my $size = -s _;
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Did you mean:
> > > >
> > > > my $size = -s $_;
> > > >
> > > > ?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > David Moreno - http://www.damog.net/
> > > > Yes, you can.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > David Moreno - http://www.damog.net/
> > Yes, you can.
>
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