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3.12_9 2002-10-27
 - Various places where warnings were surfacing undesirably have been
   corrected.  General preparations made to upload File::Util to PAUSE and
   ultimately be included in the CPAN.

3.12_7 2002-10-02
 - Method 'list_dir_a()' no longer suffixes directory items with the
   system path separator by force.

3.12_6 2002-10-04
 - Fixed serious problem with flock() wrapper which was previously not
   working at all when global setting '--fatals-as-status' or global
   setting '--fatals-as-warning' were used.  An upgrade to the present
   release of File::Util from versions predating this release (3.12_6) is
   seriously recommended!

3.12_5 2002-10-01
 - More performance improvements.

 - New argument flags recognized by method 'new':
      '--fatals-as-warning'   The new File::Util object will CORE::warn()
                              about otherwise fatal errors instead of
                              failing and exiting the process.

      '--fatals-as-status'    The new File::Util object will return(undef)
                              to method calls that would otherwise cause
                              fatal errors.

 - Method 'write_file' now recognizes the argument flag,
   '--empty-writes-OK', as an alternative means of allowing the
   creation of empty files without reaping a nasty fatal error.  Up
   until now, setting $File::Util::empty_writes to a true value was the
   only way to accomplish this.

3.12_4 2002-09-23
 - Fixed 'deep recursion' problem in AUTOLOAD

3.12_3 2002-09-23
 - Added AUTOLOAD and moved lots of methods away into space.  They get
   AUTOLOAD-ed when needed, but not compiled as routines in the module.
   This greatly improves compile-time and run-time performance now.

 - Got rid of methods 'get()' and 'set()'; they're largely useless.

 - Got rid of variable '$File::Util::canhackit'; no longer used.

3.12_2 2002-09-11
 - Moved to OOorNO interface design in order to provide both an Object-
   Oriented and a Procedural (non-Object-Oriented) programming style
   interface to File::Util.

1.10 2002-03-14
 - Constants are now class attributes independent of the constructor method.
   File::Util objects should always get these constants regardless.

 - Constants and OS identification extended upon code from CGI.pm v.2.78
   (go Lincoln, it's your birthday, get busy...) as such, File::Util got path
   separator help to better support a wider variety of platforms.

 - Additionally, constants contributed to a major overhaul of how File::Util
   handles newlines.

1.09 2002-03-14
 - Error messages got their own place as predefined key-value pairs in an
   anonymous hash independent of any class methods.  eg-they are committed to
   memory at compile time for speedy destruction of intentionally halted
   processes.

1.07 2002-02-09
 - new method: File::Util::open_handle.  This method lets user pass a
   typeglob reference (eg- *TYPG) and in return the user will get back a new
   file handle which is opened to the filename of their specifications.

1.06 2002-02-05
 - Fixed a bug in File::Util::stamp() which made times during the hour of
   12:00 PM appear with the 'AM' suffix rather than the correct 'PM suffix.

 - Added a new format type to File::Util::stamp() called 'file' or 'filename'
   which returns a timestamp suitable for placing into the name of a file
   in order to archive old files or versions of code with a time/date stamp
   embedded into the filename for easy lookup.

1.05 2001-12-05
 - Added a few more methods of the same nature as File::Util::size().  Passing
   in a format keyword argument returns a formatted timestamp.  Format
   keywords described in detail within the overview entry for previous
   version 1.02.  Now an overview of new methods:

 - File::Util::created([filename][format])

      returns the creation time of the file in seconds since the epoch.  The
      value returned is then passed back in the same format as the value
      returned from a call to Perl's built-in function: time()

      consequently, the value returned is suitable for feeding to
      localtime, or any private methods and functions expecting the same
      type of input.

      As such, a call to this method on a file which was created at:
      Thursday, December 6, 2001,  4:27:57 PM
   ...would return the value: 1007684877

 - File::Util::last_mod([filename][format])

      Returns the last modified time of the file you pass to it in seconds
      since the epoch.  Just as with the new created() method described
      above, the value returned comes in the same format as the value
      returned from a call to time(), and is therefore suitable for feeding
      to localtime() or any other private function or method expecting input
      of the same type.

      As such, a call to this method on a file which was last modified at:
      Sunday, December 2, 2001, 12:05:21 AM
   ...would return the value: 1007280321

 - File::Util::last_access([filename][format])