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If EXPR is omitted, it stats <a href="/5.30.1/perlvar#%24_"><code>$_</code></a> (not <code>_</code>!). Returns the empty list if <a href="/5.30.1/functions/stat"><code>stat</code></a> fails. Typically used as follows:</p> <pre><code>my ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size, $atime,$mtime,$ctime,$blksize,$blocks) = stat($filename);</code></pre> <p>Not all fields are supported on all filesystem types. Here are the meanings of the fields:</p> <pre><code class="plaintext"> 0 dev device number of filesystem 1 ino inode number 2 mode file mode (type and permissions) 3 nlink number of (hard) links to the file 4 uid numeric user ID of file's owner 5 gid numeric group ID of file's owner 6 rdev the device identifier (special files only) 7 size total size of file, in bytes 8 atime last access time in seconds since the epoch 9 mtime last modify time in seconds since the epoch 10 ctime inode change time in seconds since the epoch (*) 11 blksize preferred I/O size in bytes for interacting with the file (may vary from file to file) 12 blocks actual number of system-specific blocks allocated on disk (often, but not always, 512 bytes each)</code></pre> <p>(The epoch was at 00:00 January 1, 1970 GMT.)</p> <p>(*) Not all fields are supported on all filesystem types. Notably, the ctime field is non-portable. In particular, you cannot expect it to be a "creation time"; see <a href="/5.30.1/perlport#Files-and-Filesystems">"Files and Filesystems" in perlport</a> for details.</p> <p>If <a href="/5.30.1/functions/stat"><code>stat</code></a> is passed the special filehandle consisting of an underline, no stat is done, but the current contents of the stat structure from the last <a href="/5.30.1/functions/stat"><code>stat</code></a>, <a href="/5.30.1/functions/lstat"><code>lstat</code></a>, or filetest are returned. Example:</p> <pre><code>if (-x $file && (($d) = stat(_)) && $d < 0) { print "$file is executable NFS file\n"; }</code></pre> <p>(This works on machines only for which the device number is negative under NFS.)</p> <p>On some platforms inode numbers are of a type larger than perl knows how to handle as integer numerical values. If necessary, an inode number will be returned as a decimal string in order to preserve the entire value. If used in a numeric context, this will be converted to a floating-point numerical value, with rounding, a fate that is best avoided. Therefore, you should prefer to compare inode numbers using <code>eq</code> rather than <code>==</code>. <code>eq</code> will work fine on inode numbers that are represented numerically, as well as those represented as strings.</p> <p>Because the mode contains both the file type and its permissions, you should mask off the file type portion and (s)printf using a <code>"%o"</code> if you want to see the real permissions.</p> <pre><code>my $mode = (stat($filename))[2]; printf "Permissions are %04o\n", $mode & 07777;</code></pre> <p>In scalar context, <a href="/5.30.1/functions/stat"><code>stat</code></a> returns a boolean value indicating success or failure, and, if successful, sets the information associated with the special filehandle <code>_</code>.</p> <p>The <a href="/5.30.1/File::stat">File::stat</a> module provides a convenient, by-name access mechanism:</p> <pre><code>use File::stat; my $sb = stat($filename); printf "File is %s, size is %s, perm %04o, mtime %s\n", $filename, $sb->size, $sb->mode & 07777, scalar localtime $sb->mtime;</code></pre> <p>You can import symbolic mode constants (<code>S_IF*</code>) and functions (<code>S_IS*</code>) from the <a href="/5.30.1/Fcntl">Fcntl</a> module:</p> <pre><code>use Fcntl ':mode'; my $mode = (stat($filename))[2]; my $user_rwx = ($mode & S_IRWXU) >> 6; my $group_read = ($mode & S_IRGRP) >> 3; my $other_execute = $mode & S_IXOTH; printf "Permissions are %04o\n", S_IMODE($mode), "\n"; my $is_setuid = $mode & S_ISUID; my $is_directory = S_ISDIR($mode);</code></pre> <p>You could write the last two using the <code>-u</code> and <code>-d</code> operators. Commonly available <code>S_IF*</code> constants are:</p> <pre><code class="plaintext"># Permissions: read, write, execute, for user, group, others. S_IRWXU S_IRUSR S_IWUSR S_IXUSR S_IRWXG S_IRGRP S_IWGRP S_IXGRP S_IRWXO S_IROTH S_IWOTH S_IXOTH # Setuid/Setgid/Stickiness/SaveText. # Note that the exact meaning of these is system-dependent. S_ISUID S_ISGID S_ISVTX S_ISTXT # File types. Not all are necessarily available on # your system. S_IFREG S_IFDIR S_IFLNK S_IFBLK S_IFCHR S_IFIFO S_IFSOCK S_IFWHT S_ENFMT # The following are compatibility aliases for S_IRUSR, # S_IWUSR, and S_IXUSR. S_IREAD S_IWRITE S_IEXEC</code></pre> <p>and the <code>S_IF*</code> functions are</p> <pre><code>S_IMODE($mode) the part of $mode containing the permission bits and the setuid/setgid/sticky bits S_IFMT($mode) the part of $mode containing the file type which can be bit-anded with (for example) S_IFREG or with the following functions # The operators -f, -d, -l, -b, -c, -p, and -S. S_ISREG($mode) S_ISDIR($mode) S_ISLNK($mode) S_ISBLK($mode) S_ISCHR($mode) S_ISFIFO($mode) S_ISSOCK($mode) # No direct -X operator counterpart, but for the first one # the -g operator is often equivalent. The ENFMT stands for # record flocking enforcement, a platform-dependent feature. S_ISENFMT($mode) S_ISWHT($mode)</code></pre> <p>See your native <a href="http://man.he.net/man2/chmod">chmod(2)</a> and <a href="http://man.he.net/man2/stat">stat(2)</a> documentation for more details about the <code>S_*</code> constants. To get status info for a symbolic link instead of the target file behind the link, use the <a href="/5.30.1/functions/lstat"><code>lstat</code></a> function.</p> <p>Portability issues: <a href="/5.30.1/perlport#stat">"stat" in perlport</a>.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="footer"> <p>Perldoc Browser is maintained by Dan Book (<a href="https://metacpan.org/author/DBOOK">DBOOK</a>). 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