Hello, I have following code that I am using to get modification time of a file.
But it is not working. Whether I use stat command or -M operator, I am getting error messages like "Use of uninitialized value…" or "Can't call method "mtime" on an undefined value" depending on which method I use.
Any suggestions? I am using MAC OS v10.8.5. I swear that the -M option worked yesterday few times
but since then it has stopped working. I am flummoxed.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use POSIX qw(strftime);
use Time::Local;
use Time::localtime;
use File::stat;
use warnings;
$CosMovFolder = '/Logs/Movies';
# sorting files based on modification date
opendir (DIR, $CosMovFolder);
@moviedir=readdir(DIR);
#$file1modtime = -M $moviedir[1]; # tried this, not working. sam
+e uninitialized value error message
closedir(DIR);
@moviedir = sort { -M "$CosMovFolder/$a" <=> -M "$CosMovFolder/$b
+" } (@moviedir); #sorting files by modification dates
$latestfile = $moviedir[1];
print "file is: $latestfile\n";
open (FH,$latestfile);
#$diff_mins = (stat($latestfile))[9]; #didn't work, same uninit
+ialized value error message
my $diff_mins = (stat(FH)->mtime); # Can't call method "mtime" o
+n an undefined value error message
print $diff_mins,"\n";
close FH;
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