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File::stat

Section: Perl Programmers Reference Guide (3)
Updated: perl 5.004, patch 04
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NAME

File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions

SYNOPSIS

 use File::stat; $st = stat($file) or die "No $file: $!"; if ( ($st->mode & 0111) && $st->nlink > 1) ) {     print "$file is executable with lotsa links\n"; }

 use File::stat qw(:FIELDS); stat($file) or die "No $file: $!"; if ( ($st_mode & 0111) && $st_nlink > 1) ) {     print "$file is executable with lotsa links\n"; }

DESCRIPTION

This module's default exports override the core stat() and lstat() functions, replacing them with versions that return ``File::stat'' objects. This object has methods thatreturn the similarly named structure field name from thestat(2) function; namely,dev,ino,mode,nlink,uid,gid,rdev,size,atime,mtime,ctime,blksize,andblocks.

You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespaceas regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this stilloverrides your stat() and lstat() functions.) Access these fields asvariables named with a preceding st_ in front their method names.Thus, $stat_obj->dev() corresponds to $st_dev if you importthe fields.

To access this functionality without the core overrides,pass the use an empty import list, and then accessfunction functions with their full qualified names.On the other hand, the built-ins are still availablevia the CORE:: pseudo-package.

NOTE

While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Structmodule to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this.

AUTHOR

Tom Christiansen

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