Re: cli in sql?

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> If my database has column containing a filename, can I use sql to present
> this filename and datemodified (as output from 'ls -l' or from mtime()
> fuction) or *must* it be done after the query in interface such as php or perl?

Neither. You can do it inside the db with a "pl" language such as plperlu:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION filemodtime(TEXT) RETURNS TEXT LANGUAGE plperlu AS
$$
my $filename = shift;
-e $filename or elog(ERROR, qq{The file "$filename" does not exist\n});
return localtime($^T - (60*60*24* -M _));
$$;

SELECT filemodtime('/var/log/messages');
SELECT filemodtime('/dark/matter');

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