On 11/24/07, AndrewMcHorney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking for a perl function or functions that will give me the > date and time.
Are you looking in the perlfunc manpage? Type 'perldoc perlfunc' at a prompt (or into your favorite search engine) to get started. > I am going to use the results to create a unique file name. Even if you have the time to the second, there may be another process active during the same second. One common and easy way to do what I think you want is to include the process ID (PID) and some small string (such as your program name), along with $^T as as the time. Even though process IDs are eventually reused, the process ID is a unique value while the program runs. If my program were named fred, I might use something like this: my $unique_file_name = "fred.$^T.$$"; Perl's special variables, such as $$ and $^T, are documented in the perlvar manpage. Cheers! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
