how can i get major and minor number (perl, shell script)

[support_billa]

how can i get with standard modules the "major nr" of unix group file ?

at Modul "File::stat" i didn't find anything:

i only found following modul :

http://search.cpan.org/~pirzyk/Unix-Mknod-0.04/lib...

but in my perl env it doesn't exist :

i want of example file /dev/volumegr/group following outputs :
ll /dev/volumegr/group
crw-r--r-- 1 root sys 64 0x040000 Oct 8 2007 /dev/volumegr/group

major: 0x040000 , minor: 64

or the other way with shell script is to parse "ll -d /dev/volumegr/group" ?

regards

[Dennis Handly]

tusc shows that ll(1) is just calling lstat(2).

[support_billa]

hello,

@ tusc shows that ll(1) is just calling lstat(2).

i search now for "lstat"  and i found "lstat" use field nr. 6

lstat / stat function

i tried with a little script , but no success

regards

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

The major and minor are encoded in the size field.

[support_billa]

hello,

i got it :

printf " File major is %d ,\n minor is 0x%06.6x\n", ($dev >> 24) & 0xff, $rdev & 0xffffff;

regards

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

While you seem to have found a solution, remember, CPAN is your friend.  To guarantee portability, you could fetch and install 'File::Stat::Bits':

http://search.cpan.org/~fedorov/File-Stat-Bits-1.01/

Regards!

...JRF...

[support_billa]

hello,

what do yo recommend ?

my solution or

http://search.cpan.org/~fedorov/File-Stat-Bits-1.01/ 

?

a little question : with what "key" to you search at CPAN ? with "major nr" you get nothing and only "major" you get to much information ...

[James R. Ferguson]

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@support_billa wrote:

what do yo recommend ?

my solution or
http://search.cpan.org/~fedorov/File-Stat-Bits-1.01/ 

?

a little question : with what "key" to you search at CPAN ? with "major nr" you get nothing and only "major" you get to much information ...

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For portability, I would use the Perl module. 

As for how I found the module, the stat() system call is the key, so I searched for modules with "stat".

Regards!

...JRF...