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RCS file: /cvs/misc/strmode/perl_strmode.pl,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.2 -r1.5
--- misc/strmode/perl_strmode.pl	2011/03/27 22:26:33	1.2
+++ misc/strmode/perl_strmode.pl	2011/03/28 03:38:52	1.5
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -T
 
-# $AFresh1: perl_strmode.pl,v 1.1.1.1 2011/03/27 20:54:35 andrew Exp $
+# $AFresh1: perl_strmode.pl,v 1.4 2011/03/28 02:37:48 andrew Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 Andrew Fresh <andrew@afresh1.com>
 # Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@
         when (S_IFREG)  { $p .= '-' }    # regular
         when (S_IFLNK)  { $p .= 'l' }    # symbolic link
         when (S_IFSOCK) { $p .= 's' }    # socket
-
-        #ifdef S_IFIFO XXX How important is this ifdef?
+#ifdef S_IFIFO XXX How important is this? Is S_IFIFO ever not set?
         when (S_IFIFO) { $p .= 'p' }     # fifo
-
-        #endif
+#endif
         default { $p .= '?' }            # unknown
     }
 
@@ -98,9 +96,9 @@
 @files = '.' unless @files;
 
 foreach my $file (@files) {
-    next unless -e $file;
     my ( $mode, $nlink, $uid, $gid, $size, $mtime )
-        = ( stat(_) )[ 2 .. 5, 7, 9 ];
+        = ( lstat($file) )[ 2 .. 5, 7, 9 ]
+            or next;
 
     my $time = localtime($mtime);
     $time =~ s/^\w+\s+//;