#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h>
stat(path, buf) char *path; struct stat *buf;
lstat(path, buf) char *path; struct stat *buf;
fstat(fd, buf) int fd; struct stat *buf;
Stat obtains information about the file path. Read, write or execute permission of the named file is not required, but all directories listed in the path name leading to the file must be reachable.
Lstat is like stat except in the case where the named file is a symbolic link, in which case lstat returns information about the link, while stat returns information about the file the link references.
Fstat obtains the same information about an open file referenced by the argument descriptor, such as would be obtained by an open call.
Buf is a pointer to a stat structure into which information is placed concerning the file. The contents of the structure pointed to by buf
struct stat { dev_t st_dev; /* device inode resides on */ ino_t st_ino; /* this inode's number */ u_short st_mode; /* protection */ short st_nlink; /* number of hard links to the file */ uid_t st_uid; /* user-id of owner */ gid_t st_gid; /* group-id of owner */ dev_t st_rdev; /* the device type, for inode that is device */ off_t st_size; /* total size of file */ time_t st_atime; /* file last access time */ int st_spare1; time_t st_mtime; /* file last modify time */ int st_spare2; time_t st_ctime; /* file last status change time */ int st_spare3; long st_blksize; /* optimal blocksize for file system i/o ops */ long st_blocks; /* actual number of blocks allocated */ long st_spare4[2]; };
The status information word st_mode has bits:
#define S_IFMT 0170000 /* type of file */ #define S_IFDIR 0040000 /* directory */ #define S_IFCHR 0020000 /* character special */ #define S_IFBLK 0060000 /* block special */ #define S_IFREG 0100000 /* regular */ #define S_IFLNK 0120000 /* symbolic link */ #define S_IFSOCK 0140000 /* socket */ #define S_ISUID 0004000 /* set user id on execution */ #define S_ISGID 0002000 /* set group id on execution */ #define S_ISVTX 0001000 /* save swapped text even after use */ #define S_IREAD 0000400 /* read permission, owner */ #define S_IWRITE 0000200 /* write permission, owner */ #define S_IEXEC 0000100 /* execute/search permission, owner */
The mode bits 0000070 and 0000007 encode group and others permissions (see chmod.2
Fstat will fail if one or both of the following are true:
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