Win32::UTCFileTime, Version 1.52

NAME

Win32::UTCFileTime - Get/set UTC file times with stat/utime on Win32

SYNOPSIS

# Override built-in stat()/lstat()/utime() within current package only: use Win32::UTCFileTime qw(:DEFAULT $ErrStr); @stats = stat $file or die "stat() failed: $ErrStr\n"; $now = time;
utime $now, $now, $file;

# Or, override built-in stat()/lstat()/utime() within all packages: use Win32::UTCFileTime qw(:globally); ...

# Use an alternative implementation of stat() instead: use Win32::UTCFileTime qw(alt_stat $ErrStr); @stats = alt_stat($file) or die "alt_stat() failed: $ErrStr\n";

DESCRIPTION

This module provides replacements for Perl's built-in stat() and utime() functions that respectively get and set "correct" UTC file times instead of the erroneous values read and written by Microsoft's implementation of stat(2) and utime(2), which Perl's built-in functions inherit on Win32 when built with the Microsoft C library.

INSTALLATION

See the INSTALL file.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2003-2008 Steve Hay. All rights reserved. Portions Copyright (C) 2001 Jonathan M Gilligan. Used with permission. Portions Copyright (C) 2001 Tony M Hoyle. Used with permission.

LICENCE

This distribution is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, i.e. under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the LICENCE file.