File::stat(3) — IRIX 6.5.3f



File::stat(3)                                                    File::stat(3)



NAME
     File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions

SYNOPSIS
      use File::stat;
      $st = stat($file) or die "No $file: $!";
      if ( ($st->mode & 0111) && $st->nlink > 1) ) {
          print "$file is executable with lotsa links\n";
      }

      use File::stat qw(:FIELDS);
      stat($file) or die "No $file: $!";
      if ( ($st_mode & 0111) && $st_nlink > 1) ) {
          print "$file is executable with lotsa links\n";
      }


DESCRIPTION
     This module's default exports override the core stat() and lstat()
     functions, replacing them with versions that return "File::stat" objects.
     This object has methods that return the similarly named structure field
     name from the stat(2) function; namely, dev, ino, mode, nlink, uid, gid,
     rdev, size, atime, mtime, ctime, blksize, and blocks.

     You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace
     as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag.  (Note that this still
     overrides your stat() and lstat() functions.)  Access these fields as
     variables named with a preceding st_ in front their method names.  Thus,
     $stat_obj->dev() corresponds to $st_dev if you import the fields.

     To access this functionality without the core overrides, pass the use an
     empty import list, and then access function functions with their full
     qualified names.  On the other hand, the built-ins are still available
     via the CORE:: pseudo-package.

NOTE
     While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Struct module
     to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this.

AUTHOR
     Tom Christiansen














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