-- Perl 5.8.6 documentation --
lstat
  • lstat EXPR
  • lstat
  • Does the same thing as the stat function (including setting the special _ filehandle) but stats a symbolic link instead of the file the symbolic link points to. If symbolic links are unimplemented on your system, a normal stat is done. For much more detailed information, please see the documentation for "stat".

    If EXPR is omitted, stats $_ .