If I'm understanding this correctly, the goal is to identify a specific file, beyond just the name/path, correct?<br><br>I've used the inode in the past to determine whether a file had been modified or replaced.<br>
<br>Ex.:<br>my $inode = (stat $filename)[1];<br><br>John<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Moore</b> <<a href="mailto:amoore@mooresystems.com">amoore@mooresystems.com</a>
> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 04:31:39PM -0500, djgoku wrote:<br>> What is the best way to keep track that a certain file is the same one
<br>> that has been previously looked/opened at.<br><br>I'd think that one of the File::* modules would be able to generate a<br>list of unique files in a directory. Have you looked at (off the top<br>of my head) File::Find or File::Next and their ilk?
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