File::Util ========================= DESCRIPTION File::Util provides a comprehensive toolbox of utilities to automate all kinds of common tasks on file / directories. Its purpose is to do so in the most portable manner possible so that users of this module won't have to worry about whether their programs will work on other OSes and machines. CHANGES IN LAST FEW RELEASES (listed in reverse chronological order by date and subversion) 3.26 Tue Dec 2 20:07:09 CST 2008 Added to test suite in order to avoid errant test failures when flock'ing on solaris. This is a big deal, since the point of File::Util is to be easy, and portable! Added some yet more extra examples in the documentation. 3.25 Mon Dec 1 15:11:20 CST 2008 Fixed a bug in File::Util::touch() Added some extra examples and corrected one minor error in the documentation. 3.24 Wed May 23 16:27:20 CDT 2007 **Don't use this version. It has a bug. Use 3.25 or greater. Added method File::Util::last_changed (get inode change time for a file) Added method File::Util::touch (works like *nix touch command) Both touch and last_changed are autoloaded methods Applied patch from S. Muskiewicz that fixes the File::Util::last_modified method that was using a similar but incorrect "-" file test operator. 3.23 Fri Feb 15 07:34:29 CST 2008 No major code changes. Small bug fixes-- Corrected syntax on package makefile that causes warnings to be generated in cases of older Perl versions. Also corrected a problem in the documentation where the section "Get the path preceeding a file name" was showing incorrect information. 3.22 Wed May 23 16:27:20 CDT 2007 Fixed windows-specific bugs associated with the handling of newlines and directory path separators. Now compatible with Strawberry Perl and once again Active$tate Perl for MSWin*. INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install On windows machines use nmake rather than make; those running cygwin don't have to worry about this. If you don't know what cygwin is, use nmake and check out after you're done installing this module if you want to find out. DEPENDENCIES This module requires these other modules and libraries: Class::OOorNO v0.01_0 or better Exception::Handler v1.00_0 or better AUTHOR Tommy Butler COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) Tommy Butler 2001-2002, all rights reserved. LICENCE This library is free software, you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.