7 our(@EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK, %EXPORT_TAGS);
13 @EXPORT = qw(stat lstat);
14 @EXPORT_OK = qw( $st_dev $st_ino $st_mode
15 $st_nlink $st_uid $st_gid
17 $st_atime $st_mtime $st_ctime
18 $st_blksize $st_blocks
20 %EXPORT_TAGS = ( FIELDS => [ @EXPORT_OK, @EXPORT ] );
24 # Class::Struct forbids use of @ISA
25 sub import { goto &Exporter::import }
27 use Class::Struct qw(struct);
28 struct 'File::stat' => [
30 dev ino mode nlink uid gid rdev size
31 atime mtime ctime blksize blocks
39 $st_dev, $st_ino, $st_mode, $st_nlink, $st_uid, $st_gid, $st_rdev,
40 $st_size, $st_atime, $st_mtime, $st_ctime, $st_blksize, $st_blocks )
45 sub lstat ($) { populate(CORE::lstat(shift)) }
49 my $st = populate(CORE::stat $arg);
56 $fh = \*{Symbol::qualify($arg)};
57 return unless defined fileno $fh;
59 return populate(CORE::stat $fh);
67 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
72 $st = stat($file) or die "No $file: $!";
73 if ( ($st->mode & 0111) && $st->nlink > 1) ) {
74 print "$file is executable with lotsa links\n";
77 use File::stat qw(:FIELDS);
78 stat($file) or die "No $file: $!";
79 if ( ($st_mode & 0111) && $st_nlink > 1) ) {
80 print "$file is executable with lotsa links\n";
85 This module's default exports override the core stat()
86 and lstat() functions, replacing them with versions that return
87 "File::stat" objects. This object has methods that
88 return the similarly named structure field name from the
89 stat(2) function; namely,
105 You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace
106 as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still
107 overrides your stat() and lstat() functions.) Access these fields as
108 variables named with a preceding C<st_> in front their method names.
109 Thus, C<$stat_obj-E<gt>dev()> corresponds to $st_dev if you import
112 To access this functionality without the core overrides,
113 pass the C<use> an empty import list, and then access
114 function functions with their full qualified names.
115 On the other hand, the built-ins are still available
116 via the C<CORE::> pseudo-package.
120 While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Struct
121 module to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this.