Hi Mike
You may like to use File::Stat which uses the stat() funtion to give the atime, ctime and mtime. Youu can dump the files of a folder and check for the latest file. Else, you can also refer to
http://www.roth.net/perl/scripts/scripts.asp?DirMon.pl
Roth has done a good job!!
Have a nice day !
Yogi
"Mike Singleton"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How would I go about identifying and selecting the most recent file (based on creation date?) in a directory??
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