Tony Frasketi wrote: > Is there an ASCII equivalent to the numeric value UID returned by > stat($filename)[4] and if so is there a function to aquire the ASCII > value... Also is the UID related to the owner of the file as shown in > the directory display ls -al in Unix? > > If UID and file ownership is not, however related, is there a function > to obtain the file's owner name in ASCII format?
my $user = getpwuid( (stat $filename)[4] ); perldoc -f getpwuid John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>