File::stat
Provides the same file status information as the Perl functions stat and lstat. Exports two functions that return File::stat objects. The objects have methods that return the equivalent fields from the Unix stat(2) call:
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
dev
| Device number of filesystem |
ino
| Inode number |
mode
| File mode |
nlink
| Number of links to the file |
uid
| Numeric user ID of owner |
gid
| Numeric group ID of owner |
rdev
| Device identifier |
size
| Size of file, in bytes |
atime
| Last access time |
mtime
| Last modified time |
ctime
| Inode change time |
blksize
| Preferred blocksize for filesystem I/O |
blocks
| Number of blocks allocated |
You can access the status fields either with the methods or by importing the fields into your namespace with the :FIELDS import tag and then accessing them by prepending st_ to the field name (e.g., $st_mode). Here are examples of doing it both ways:
use File::stat; $stats = stat($file); print $stats->uid; print $st_uid;