nicholas clark suqhccl4org wed oct 17 2007 102258am 0200 mark overmeer wrote hum error report even right expected long bughunt figured w misbehaving file test flags module filetest following script reports directory twice usrlocalbinperl5100 use filetest access etc w etcpasswd warn f _ filen directoryn warn _ directoryn filen apparently rwxrwx implemented filetest set _ anymore perl588 fri oct 19 2007 022026am 0200 andreas j koenig wrote change 19392 gblkosh 20030503 053304 salvage use filetest access compiletime runtime seems jarkko actually fixed bug id infer access wasnt called expected would dont believe current behaviour behavioural bug documentation could clearer however documented _ set last stat documented filetest rwxrwx use access rather mode bits file hence one need call stat perl implementation efficiency documented think current behaviour preferable changed rwxrwx also call stat well access give everyone inefficiency cant avoid whereas current behaviour merely caveat emptor anyone wishing take advantage _ filehandle im curious modern unix system decent os caching much calling stat really save nicholas clark wed 06 aug 2008 220213 0100 perl 46463 filetests sometimes set _