Hi, I would like to be able to read in a variable the names of the five last created files in a given directory containing hundreds of files, based on the files creation dates. What would be the most efficient strategy? Is there a way to avoid to stat all the files? Thanks for any help. Stef ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org