ust text entries?
Did using the readdir beforehand make this possible?
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From: Rob Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Posted At: Saturday, December 13, 2003 6:27 AM
Posted To: Perl
Conversation: Getting the most recent file
Subject: Re: Getting the most recent file
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Paul Harwood wrote:
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> One question I have:
>
> With this statement:
>
> @files = sort { -M $a <=> -M $b } @files;
>
> How does Perl understand that these are files and not just text entries?
> Did using the readdir beforehand make this possible?
Well they /are/ just text entries! But ones that c
ted At: Saturday, December 13, 2003 6:27 AM
Posted To: Perl
Conversation: Getting the most recent file
Subject: Re: Getting the most recent file
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am trying to write some code to read the most recent log file in a
> directory. I wrote some code below.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am trying to write some code to read the most recent log file in a
> directory. I wrote some code below. This works but I was wondering if
> there was a more efficient method to do this. Ideally I would like to
> include hours, minutes and seconds but that's not nec
I am trying to write some code to read the most recent log file in a
directory. I wrote some code below. This works but I was wondering if
there was a more efficient method to do this. Ideally I would like to
include hours, minutes and seconds but that's not necessary at this
point.
--Paul
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