-;# $Header: stat.pl,v 3.0 89/10/18 15:19:53 lwall Locked $
-
+;# This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future
+;# release of perl.
+;#
;# Usage:
+;# require 'stat.pl';
;# @ary = stat(foo);
;# $st_dev = @ary[$ST_DEV];
;#
+
+warn( "The 'stat.pl' legacy library is deprecated and will be"
+ . " removed in the next major release of perl." );
+
$ST_DEV = 0 + $[;
$ST_INO = 1 + $[;
$ST_MODE = 2 + $[;
$ST_BLOCKS = 12 + $[;
;# Usage:
+;# require 'stat.pl';
;# do Stat('foo'); # sets st_* as a side effect
;#
sub Stat {