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@@ -29074,9 +29074,11 @@ attempt. .SS* Unix Filesystem Manipulation -.coNP Function @ stat +.coNP Functions @, stat @, lstat and @ fstat .synb .mets (stat << path ) +.mets (lstat << path ) +.mets (fstat << stream ) .syne .desc The @@ -29106,6 +29108,32 @@ property has the same value as the .code st_dev field. +If +.meta path +refers to a symbolic link, the +.code stat +function retrieves information about the target of the link, if it exists, +or else throws an exception of type +.codn file-error . + +The +.code lstat +function behaves the same as +.code stat +or objects which are not symbolic links. For a symbolic link, it retrieves +information about the link itself, rather than its target. + +The +.code fstat +function retrieves information about the file system object associated with +the open stream +.metn stream . +The stream must be of a kind from which the +.code fileno +function can retrieve a file descriptor, otherwise an exception of type +.code file-error +is thrown. + .coNP Special variables @, s-ifmt @, s-iflnk @, s-ifreg @, s-ifblk ... , @ s-ixoth The following variables exist, having integer values. These are bitmasks |