STAT(2) STAT(2)
NAME
stat, fstat - get file status
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
stat(name, buf)
char *name;
struct stat *buf;
fstat(fildes, buf)
struct stat *buf;
DESCRIPTION
Stat obtains detailed information about a named file. Fstat
obtains the same information about an open file known by the
file descriptor from a successful open, creat, dup or
pipe(2) call.
Name points to a null-terminated string naming a file; buf
is the address of a buffer into which information is placed
concerning the file. It is unnecessary to have any permis-
sions at all with respect to the file, but all directories
leading to the file must be searchable. The layout of the
structure pointed to by buf as defined in <stat.h> is given
below. St_mode is encoded according to the `#define' state-
ments.