Meta::Utils::File::Time - library to help you with file time stamps.

Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Mark Veltzer; All rights reserved.

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	MANIFEST: Time.pm
	PROJECT: meta
	VERSION: 0.13

	package foo;
	use Meta::Utils::File::Time qw();
	my($ok)=Meta::Utils::File::Time::now($file1);

This module eases the case for getting and setting file modification times.

	time($)
	mtime($)
	TEST($)

time($)

This routine receives: 0. file - file for which the modification time is required. The routine then proceeds to use the stat function to find the files modification time and returns it.

mtime($)

This function receives: 0. file - file for which the modification time is required. This method proceeds to use the File::stat module to get the info for this file and get the modification time for the file. If the file does not exist the method returns 0 (very old file 1/1/1970).

TEST($)

Test suite for this module.

None.

None.

	Name: Mark Veltzer
	Email: mailto:veltzer@cpan.org
	WWW: http://www.veltzer.org
	CPAN id: VELTZER

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File::stat(3), strict(3)

Nothing.