Stephan Hochhaus wrote: > Hello list, > > I tried to dig my way through my newly acquired Perl ina nutshell and > Learning Perl, but I couldn't find a satisfying solution to my > problem: > > How can I print the last modification date of a file? It should work > on different systems (*nix and OS X, Win32 is nice to have but not a > mus). Any pointers to a solution are very welcome!
The stat() function returns a list of information about a file, including the modification timestamp. This value is in epoch seconds. You can convert it to a printable date using localtime() or gmtime(): $mtime = (stat "/etc/passwd")[9]; print scalar localtime $mtime; This will work on all the platforms you listed. If you want more control over the formatting, consider using POSIX strftime() function. perldoc -f stat perldoc -f localtime perldoc -f gmtime perldoc POSIX HTH -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>