my (@astat, @bstat);
@astat = stat("$a");
@bstat = stat("$b");
-# dev and inode can legally change
-shift(@astat); shift(@astat);
-shift(@bstat); shift(@bstat);
+# dev, inode and blksize can legally change
+@astat = @astat[2..10,12];
+@bstat = @bstat[2..10,12];
is(join(" ",@astat),join(" ",@bstat),"stat()");
`rm -f $a`;