use strict; use warnings; use File::Glob; my $path = ""; my ($oldest, $fname) = (time, ''); my $modtime; chdir $path; foreach (glob("*")) { if (-f) { $modtime = (stat($_))[10]; ($oldest = $modtime and $fname = $_) if ($oldest > $modtime); } } print "$fname\t$oldest\n"; (abs(time() - $oldest) < 300) ? print "File recent enough\n" : print "Reporting an error\n";