File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat()
       functions

SYNOPSIS

        use File::stat;
        $st = stat($file) or die "No $file: $!";
        if ( ($st->mode & 0111) && $st->nlink > 1) ) {
            print "$file is executable with lotsa links\n";
        }

        use File::stat qw(:FIELDS);
        stat($file) or die "No $file: $!";
        if ( ($st_mode & 0111) && $st_nlink > 1) ) {
            print "$file is executable with lotsa links\n";
        }

DESCRIPTION

       This module's default exports override the core stat() and
       lstat() functions, replacing them with versions that
       return "File::stat" objects.  This object has methods that
       return the similarly named structure field name from the
       stat(2) function; namely, dev, ino, mode, nlink, uid, gid,
       rdev, size, atime, mtime, ctime, blksize, and blocks.

       You may also import all the structure fields directly into
       your namespace as regular variables using the :FIELDS
       import tag.  (Note that this still overrides your stat()
       and lstat() functions.)  Access these fields as variables
       named with a preceding st_ in front their method names.
       Thus, $stat_obj->dev() corresponds to $st_dev if you
       import the fields.

       To access this functionality without the core overrides,
       pass the use an empty import list, and then access
       function functions with their full qualified names.  On
       the other hand, the built-ins are still available via the
       CORE:: pseudo-package.

NOTE

       While this class is currently implemented using the
       Class::Struct module to build a struct-like class, you
       shouldn't rely upon this.

AUTHOR

       Tom Christiansen