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Old 08-28-2008
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The stat function returns the raw information about size, ownership, permissions, etc. You also need the getpw* functions to map UIDs to names etc.
Last edited by era; 08-28-2008 at 03:11 PM.. Reason: Add links to perldoc.perl.org