On 10/19/18 7:47 PM, Martin McCormick wrote:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings::unused;
use File::stat;
use File::Spec;
my $last_update_time;
$last_update_time = ( stat("testfile") )[9];
printf("%d\n",$last_update_time);
My system:
2018-10-20 20:59:53 dpchrist@vstretch
Bob McGowan writes:
> It looks like this has to do with mixing the usage of the "native" stat of
> Perl with the "object" version from File::stat.
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> The 'stat' from File::stat returns a reference to an object, which has the
> stuff you're wanting, tucked away internally as object
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 09:47:11PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
> I am a member of a perl discussion list but it seems to have gone
> away
Your actual question has already been answered, but, for future
reference, PerlMonks (https://www.perlmonks.org/) is still around and
there are also several
It looks like this has to do with mixing the usage of the "native" stat
of Perl with the "object" version from File::stat.
The 'stat' from File::stat returns a reference to an object, which has
the stuff you're wanting, tucked away internally as object variables.
You need to do:
use
I am a member of a perl discussion list but it seems to have gone
away so I hope somebody here can give me an idea as to why the
stat function is not working.
Create a file called testfile in your working directory
and then run the following perl script:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
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