>From perldoc for the stat function (as opposed to the OO interface
available via file::stat):
8 atime last access time in seconds since the epoch
9 mtime last modify time in seconds since the epoch
10 ctime inode change time (NOT creation time!) in
seconds since the epoch
The epoch is midnight on January 1, 1970. Have a look at all of the
time-related man pages for your system.
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> Hello,
>
> I am looking to find out the age of a file in days, what is the best way to
> do this using perl and maby file:stat or something? I have tried but get
> some outrageous number in the millions!?
>
> thanks
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