On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Asad wrote: > I need to write a script to delete 4 hours old files and > directories on Windows. I am planning to use Perl to accomplish this. > I understand the "-M" would delete at least a day old files, but is > there a way to delete 4 hours old files and directories.
Yes, it should be possible. Hint: on Unix, "stat $filename" would help you: <http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/stat.html> I don't use Windows so I can't verify that it'll behave the same way with ActiveState/Windows, but I suspect it will work just fine. > Thank you. You're welcome. -- Chris Devers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>