I thought about using lstat to get the size of a file for file comparisons. I see that lstat always returns a list of thirteen values. The references I find appear to require assignment of those 13 values to variables, even though I only want to use one.
Do I really have to put ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size, $atime,$mtime,$ctime,$blksize,$blocks) = lstat($filename); Just to get the $size variable populated with the file size? My ultimate goal is to check the size of huge files copied to a folder. Once I get the $size to come back the same three times in a row, indicating the file is all there, then I can move on with playing with the file. Thanks, Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/