File/Signature version 1.008 ============================ NAME File::Signature - Detect changes to a file's content or attributes. ABSTRACT This perl library uses perl5 objects to assist in determining whether a file's contents or attributes have changed. It maintains several pieces of information about the file: a digest (currently only MD5 is supported), its inode number, its mode, the uid of its owner, the gid of its group owner, and its last modification time. A File::Signature object is closely associated with a single pathname. It provides a way to compare the state of a file over different points in time; it isn't useful for comparing different files. OPERATING SYSTEMS File::Signature uses stat() to get attributes about a file. This works on Unix and "unix like" operating systems. I don't know if it will work on Windows. I suspect it won't though. INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES This module requires these other modules and libraries: Digest::MD5 COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2003 Jeremy Madea. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.