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Jan 11, 2005, 7:16 AM
Andy
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Jan 11, 2005, 7:16 AM
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stat() not working right?
Hi,

I'm having a problem using the stat() function :/ I currently have;

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my $bytes = (stat("d:/inetpub/wwwroot/mydomain.com/submit/docs/$startid/".$filename))[7] || 0;

.. which *shoul* be reading "d:/inetpub/wwwroot/mydomain.com/submit/docs/4/17th December 2004.doc", and passing back the size.

My debug info seems to be ok; (except the byte size)

Quote:
Getting stats for: d:/inetpub/wwwroot/mydomain.com/submit/docs/4/17th December 2004.doc
Bytes Grabbed: 0

Am I missing something really stupid? :/

TIA

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Jan 11, 2005, 7:42 AM
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Jan 11, 2005, 7:42 AM
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Re: [Andy] stat() not working right? In reply to
I'd use File::stat -- it's more flexible across platforms.

Also, your filenames has spaces in it which is going to cause problems. Either get rid of the spaces or put quotation marks around the entire filename (and path) when you stat.

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Jan 11, 2005, 7:47 AM
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Re: [Wil] stat() not working right? In reply to
LMAO.. now that was a simple fix!

my $bytes = (stat("d:/inetpub/wwwroot/mydomain.com/submit/docs/$startid/$filename"))[7] || 0;

Thanks for the pointer =)

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Jan 11, 2005, 3:20 PM
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Jan 11, 2005, 3:20 PM
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Or use

my $size = -s $filename;

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Jan 11, 2005, 11:34 PM
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LOL.. I saw that in GT::SQL::File, but thought it must be for someonthing else (-s $file just looked too easy =)).

Thanks again.

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