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.



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Chris Devers

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