6 use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
8 @EXPORT = qw(stat lstat);
9 @EXPORT_OK = qw( $st_dev $st_ino $st_mode
10 $st_nlink $st_uid $st_gid
12 $st_atime $st_mtime $st_ctime
13 $st_blksize $st_blocks
15 %EXPORT_TAGS = ( FIELDS => [ @EXPORT_OK, @EXPORT ] );
19 use Class::Template qw(struct);
20 struct 'File::stat' => [
22 dev ino mode nlink uid gid rdev size
23 atime mtime ctime blksize blocks
31 $st_dev, $st_ino, $st_mode, $st_nlink, $st_uid, $st_gid, $st_rdev,
32 $st_size, $st_atime, $st_mtime, $st_ctime, $st_blksize, $st_blocks )
37 sub lstat ($) { populate(CORE::lstat(shift)) }
41 my $st = populate(CORE::stat $arg);
45 return populate(CORE::stat \*{Symbol::qualify($arg)});
53 File::stat.pm - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
58 $st = stat($file) or die "No $file: $!";
59 if ( ($st->mode & 0111) && $st->nlink > 1) ) {
60 print "$file is executable with lotsa links\n";
63 use File::stat qw(:FIELDS);
64 stat($file) or die "No $file: $!";
65 if ( ($st_mode & 0111) && $st_nlink > 1) ) {
66 print "$file is executable with lotsa links\n";
71 This module's default exports override the core stat()
72 and lstat() functions, replacing them with versions that return
73 "File::stat" objects. This object has methods that
74 return the similarly named structure field name from the
75 stat(2) function; namely,
91 You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace
92 as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still
93 overrides your stat() and lstat() functions.) Access these fields as
94 variables named with a preceding C<st_> in front their method names.
95 Thus, C<$stat_obj-E<gt>dev()> corresponds to $st_dev if you import
98 To access this functionality without the core overrides,
99 pass the C<use> an empty import list, and then access
100 function functions with their full qualified names.
101 On the other hand, the built-ins are still available
102 via the C<CORE::> pseudo-package.
106 While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Template
107 module to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this.