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13.14.3 Stat Field Definitions

The definitions map the struct stat field names.

ST_ATIME

time of last access as ‘date

ST_CTIME

time of last status change as ‘date

ST_GID

group ID of owner

ST_MODE

protection

ST_MTIME

time of last modification as ‘date

ST_NLINK

number of hard links

ST_UID

user ID of owner

ST_SIZE

total size, in bytes

SU_ATIME

time of last access as ‘integer

SU_CTIME

time of last status change as ‘integer

SU_MTIME

time of last modification as ‘integer

The file type may be determined from protection.

S_IFMT

file type mask in protection

S_IFDIR

directory

S_IFCHR

character special

S_IFBLK

block special

S_IFREG

regular

S_IFLNK

symbolic link

S_IFIFO

fifo

S_IFSOCK

socket