Hello,
Thanks for the code below. When I implement this I still get a number like 11935.3388425926 but the file is not 11935 days old its date is Sep 2 07:46 Am I missing something here? BTW I switched to mtime [9] as I want the creation of last modified not accessed. Thanks, John > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am looking to find out the age of a file in days, what is the best way to > > do this using perl and maby file:stat or something? I have tried but get > > some outrageous number in the millions!? > > Untested: > > my $ctime = (stat $filename)[10]; # or mtime is 9 > my $age = (time - $ctime) / 86400; > > -- > ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert ICQ=162126130 > (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > / ) /--< o // // http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (Free site for Perl) > -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Unix-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
