File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
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";
}
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.
While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Struct
module to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this.
Tom Christiansen
