6 use vars qw(@EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
7 @EXPORT = qw(stat lstat);
8 @EXPORT_OK = qw( $st_dev $st_ino $st_mode
9 $st_nlink $st_uid $st_gid
11 $st_atime $st_mtime $st_ctime
12 $st_blksize $st_blocks
14 %EXPORT_TAGS = ( FIELDS => [ @EXPORT_OK, @EXPORT ] );
18 # Class::Struct forbids use of @ISA
19 sub import { goto &Exporter::import }
21 use Class::Struct qw(struct);
22 struct 'File::stat' => [
24 dev ino mode nlink uid gid rdev size
25 atime mtime ctime blksize blocks
33 $st_dev, $st_ino, $st_mode, $st_nlink, $st_uid, $st_gid, $st_rdev,
34 $st_size, $st_atime, $st_mtime, $st_ctime, $st_blksize, $st_blocks )
39 sub lstat ($) { populate(CORE::lstat(shift)) }
43 my $st = populate(CORE::stat $arg);
47 return populate(CORE::stat \*{Symbol::qualify($arg)});
55 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
60 $st = stat($file) or die "No $file: $!";
61 if ( ($st->mode & 0111) && $st->nlink > 1) ) {
62 print "$file is executable with lotsa links\n";
65 use File::stat qw(:FIELDS);
66 stat($file) or die "No $file: $!";
67 if ( ($st_mode & 0111) && $st_nlink > 1) ) {
68 print "$file is executable with lotsa links\n";
73 This module's default exports override the core stat()
74 and lstat() functions, replacing them with versions that return
75 "File::stat" objects. This object has methods that
76 return the similarly named structure field name from the
77 stat(2) function; namely,
93 You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace
94 as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still
95 overrides your stat() and lstat() functions.) Access these fields as
96 variables named with a preceding C<st_> in front their method names.
97 Thus, C<$stat_obj-E<gt>dev()> corresponds to $st_dev if you import
100 To access this functionality without the core overrides,
101 pass the C<use> an empty import list, and then access
102 function functions with their full qualified names.
103 On the other hand, the built-ins are still available
104 via the C<CORE::> pseudo-package.
108 While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Struct
109 module to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this.