changing the date/time stamp

[monk]

Is there a "perl way" of modifying the date/time stamp of a file? Is
there a core function or core module I'm overlooking?

I guess I'd like to emulate or find the equivalent of the 'touch'
command without using system ('touch...')

# from the shell, modify xfile creation date to year 2001 January day
30 time 13:50:26
touch -t 200101301350.26 xfile


thanks in advance.

 

[Peter Makholm]

Is there a "perl way" of modifying the date/time stamp of a file? Is
there a core function or core module I'm overlooking?

See the documentation of the utime function in perlfunc.

//Makholm

 

[monk]

just what the doctor recommended.

you da man!! thanks.

 

[Tad J McClellan]

Is there a "perl way" of modifying the date/time stamp of a file? Is
there a core function or core module I'm overlooking?

perldoc -f utime

# from the shell, modify xfile creation date to year 2001 January day ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
30 time 13:50:26
touch -t 200101301350.26 xfile

touch does NOT modify the creation date, because there is no
such thing on most *nix filesystems...