11/3/71 | STAT (I) |
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NAME |
stat -- get file status |
SYNOPSIS |
stat name1 |
DESCRIPTION |
stat gives several kinds of information about one or morefiles: |
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| i--numberaccess mode number of linksowner size in bytesdate and time of last modification name (useful when several files are named) All information is self--explanatory except the mode. Themode is a six--character string whose characters mean the following: |
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| 1 s: file is small (smaller than 4096 bytes)l: file is large |
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| 2 d: file is a directoryx: file is executable |
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| u: set user ID on execution--: none of the above |
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| 3 r: owner can read--: owner cannot read 4 w: owner can write--: owner cannot write |
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| 5 r: non--owner can read--: non--owner cannot read 6 w: non--owner can write--: non--owner cannot write The owner is almost always given in symbolic form; howeverif he cannot be found in "/etc/uids" a number is given. If the number of arguments to stat is not exactly 1 aheader is generated identifying the fields of the status information. |
FILES |
/etc/uids |
SEE_ALSO |
ls with the --1 option gives the same information as stat. |
DIAGNOSTICS |
"name?" for any error. |
BUGS |
none |
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