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File/Signature version 1.009
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NAME
    File::Signature - Detect changes to a file's content or attributes.
ABSTRACT
    This perl library uses perl5 objects to assist in determining whether a
    file's contents or attributes have changed. It maintains several pieces
    of information about the file: a digest (currently only MD5 is
    supported), its inode number, its mode, the uid of its owner, the gid of
    its group owner, and its last modification time. A File::Signature
    object is closely associated with a single pathname. It provides a way
    to compare the state of a file over different points in time; it isn't
    useful for comparing different files.
OPERATING SYSTEMS
File::Signature uses stat() to get attributes about a file. This works on Unix
and "unix like" operating systems. I don't know if it will work on Windows. I
suspect it won't though. 
INSTALLATION
To install this module type the following:
   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install
DEPENDENCIES
This module requires these other modules and libraries:
Digest::MD5
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
Copyright (C) 2003 Jeremy Madea. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.