> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jenda Krynicky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 15:42
> To: beginners@perl.org
> Subject: Re: Using Perl Win 32 AS 5.8.x - Anyway to find the
> File Create Date/Time
>
> From: "Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analyst --- WGO"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > stat will give me the mod time, but does not have the create
> > time. From Windows Explorer, I notice that I can get the
> Create Date.
>
>
> perldoc -f stat
>
> stat FILEHANDLE
> stat EXPR
> stat Returns a 13-element list giving the status info for a file,
> either the file opened via FILEHANDLE, or named by EXPR. If
> EXPR
> is omitted, it stats $_. Returns a null list if the stat
> fails.
> Typically used as follows:
>
> ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,
> $atime,$mtime,$ctime,$blksize,$blocks)
> = stat($filename);
>
> Not all fields are supported on all filesystem types. Here
> are
> the meanings of the fields:
>
> 0 dev device number of filesystem
> 1 ino inode number
> 2 mode file mode (type and permissions)
> 3 nlink number of (hard) links to the file
> 4 uid numeric user ID of file's owner
> 5 gid numeric group ID of file's owner
> 6 rdev the device identifier (special files only)
> 7 size total size of file, in bytes
> 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 in seconds since the epoch (*)
> 11 blksize preferred block size for file system I/O
> 12 blocks actual number of blocks allocated
>
> (The epoch was at 00:00 January 1, 1970 GMT.)
>
> (*) Not all fields are supported on all filesystem types.
> Notably, the ctime field is non-portable. In particular, you
> cannot expect it to be a "creation time", see "Files and
> Filesystems" in perlport for details.
>
> The docs are still pretty Unix-centric it seems. "inode change time"
> ... lovely. In particular, under Windows, this is the creation time.
>
Thanks much, Jenda. I was going thru a number of hoops, but no
one had responded. I knew the inode, but this first time I have seen it
explained that this is Creation time on win32.
A really big help. I appreciate it very much.
If you have any problems or questions, please let me know.
Thanks.
Wags ;)
David R Wagner
Senior Programmer Analyst
FedEx Freight
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