stat
functions
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";
}
stat and
lstat functions, replacing them with versions that return
``File::stat'' objects. This object has methods that return the similarly
named structure field name from the stat function; namely,
dev, ino, mode, nlink, uid, gid, rdev, size, atime, mtime, ctime, blksize,
and blocks.
You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace as regular variables using the
:FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still overrides your stat and lstat functions.) Access these fields as variables named with a preceding
st_ in front their method names. Thus, $stat_obj->dev corresponds to $st_dev if you import the fields.
To access this functionality without the core overrides, pass the use an empty import list, and then access function functions with their full
qualified names. On the other hand, the built-ins are still available via
the CORE:: pseudo-package.