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authorRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2004-10-04 08:53:04 +0000
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2004-10-04 08:53:04 +0000
commit3e2557b2b37c1f5014d01d764b58616c3cd1e38f (patch)
tree0a59348a300a3a338ac03974507b24725581fb75 /pod
parent95899a2a29f7dc4950eff7768b479a7492599135 (diff)
downloadperl-3e2557b2b37c1f5014d01d764b58616c3cd1e38f.tar.gz
More caveats on the non-portability of stat(), suggested by
Stas Bekman. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23345
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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
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@@ -5464,9 +5464,9 @@ meanings of the fields:
(The epoch was at 00:00 January 1, 1970 GMT.)
-(*) The ctime field is non-portable. In particular, you cannot expect
-it to be a "creation time", see L<perlport/"Files and Filesystems">
-for details.
+(*) 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 L<perlport/"Files and Filesystems"> for details.
If C<stat> is passed the special filehandle consisting of an underline, no
stat is done, but the current contents of the stat structure from the