>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Jakub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Thomas> I'm trying to see when a file was last modified.
Thomas> Here's the code segment...
Thomas> open filename, ">temp";
Thomas> #random time consumming statements go here
Thomas> $then = time;
Thomas> utime $then, $then, filename;
Thomas> print $then;
Thomas> close filename;
Thomas> The problem is, every time I do this, I don't get the
Thomas> time of when I last added something to the file, but
Thomas> instead the most recent time in which I was able to
Thomas> add something to the file... How can I get the time
Thomas> at which the file was last modified?
The close() has to do a flush, which may write something new to the
file. So, close first, utime later.
Also, please use uppercase filehandle names. If you are reading a
book that uses lowercase names, please throw that book away.
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