Re: Using a file's modification date in the filename

cca.johnson@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I want to be able to rename a file and prepend the file's modification
date at the front of the file. For example:
with a file named testme.txt and a modification date of April 1, 2006,
I want the renamed file to be named 20060401-testme.txt

What I can do is get the modification date using ctime, but it I can't
figure out how to format the output.

It seems like Date::Formatter will probably do what you are looking for.

jue
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