Re^3: comparing 2 file time date stamps

in reply to Re^2: comparing 2 file time date stamps
in thread comparing 2 file time date stamps

Run:

use strict;
use warnings;

my $test1 = 'test1';
my $test2 = 'test2';

open my $fOut, '>', $test1;
close $fOut;

open $fOut, '>', $test2;
close $fOut;

print "$_: ", (stat $_)[9], "\n" for $test1, $test2;

sleep 5;

open $fOut, '>', $test2;
close $fOut;

print "$_: ", (stat $_)[9], "\n" for $test1, $test2;
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and tell us what you get.

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