181 lines
4.4 KiB
Groff
181 lines
4.4 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
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.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)stat.2 6.5 (Berkeley) 5/12/86
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.\"
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.TH STAT 2 "May 12, 1986"
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.UC 4
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.SH NAME
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stat, lstat, fstat \- get file status
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.ft B
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#include <sys/types.h>
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#include <sys/stat.h>
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.ta +54n
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int stat(const char *\fIpath\fP, struct stat *\fIbuf\fP)
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int lstat(const char *\fIpath\fP, struct stat *\fIbuf\fP) (Minix-vmd)
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int fstat(int \fIfd\fP, struct stat *\fIbuf\fP)
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.fi
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.ft R
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Stat
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obtains information about the file
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.IR path .
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Read, write or execute
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permission of the named file is not required, but all directories
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listed in the path name leading to the file must be reachable.
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.PP
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.B Lstat
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is like \fBstat\fP except in the case where the named file is a symbolic link,
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in which case
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.B lstat
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returns information about the link,
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while
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.B stat
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returns information about the file the link references.
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(Minix-vmd)
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.PP
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.B Fstat
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obtains the same information about an open file
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referenced by the argument descriptor, such as would
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be obtained by an \fBopen\fP call. Pipe descriptors
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look like named pipes with a link count of zero. The
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st_size field of pipes or named pipes shows the amount of
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bytes currently buffered in the pipe.
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.PP
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.I Buf
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is a pointer to a
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.B stat
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structure into which information is placed concerning the file.
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The contents of the structure pointed to by
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.I buf
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is as follows:
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.PP
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.if t .RS
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.nf
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.ta +0.4i +0.8i +1i
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struct stat {
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dev_t st_dev; /* device inode resides on */
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ino_t st_ino; /* this inode's number */
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mode_t st_mode; /* file mode, protection bits, etc. */
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nlink_t st_nlink; /* number or hard links to the file */
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uid_t st_uid; /* user-id of the file's owner */
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gid_t st_gid; /* group-id of the file's owner */
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dev_t st_rdev; /* the device type, for inode that is device */
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off_t st_size; /* total size of file */
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time_t st_atime; /* time of last access */
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time_t st_mtime; /* time of last data modification */
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time_t st_ctime; /* time of last file status change */
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};
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.fi
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.if t .RE
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.DT
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.PP
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.TP 12
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st_atime
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Time when file data was last read or modified. Changed by the following system
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calls:
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.BR mknod (2),
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.BR utime (2),
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.BR read (2),
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and
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.BR write (2).
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For reasons of efficiency,
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st_atime is not set when a directory
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is searched, although this would be more logical.
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.TP 12
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st_mtime
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Time when data was last modified.
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It is not set by changes of owner, group, link count, or mode.
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Changed by the following system calls:
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.BR mknod (2),
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.BR utime (2),
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.BR write (2).
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.TP 12
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st_ctime
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Time when file status was last changed.
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It is set both both by writing and changing the i-node.
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Changed by the following system calls:
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.BR chmod (2)
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.BR chown (2),
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.BR link (2),
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.BR mknod (2),
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.BR rename (2),
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.BR unlink (2),
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.BR utime (2),
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.BR write (2).
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.PP
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The file type information in \fBst_mode\fP has bits:
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.PP
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.nf
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.in +5n
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.ta 1.6i 2.5i 3i
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#define S_IFMT 0170000 /* type of file */
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#define\ \ \ \ S_IFIFO 0010000 /* named pipe */
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#define\ \ \ \ S_IFCHR 0020000 /* character special */
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#define\ \ \ \ S_IFDIR 0040000 /* directory */
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#define\ \ \ \ S_IFBLK 0060000 /* block special */
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#define\ \ \ \ S_IFREG 0100000 /* regular */
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#define\ \ \ \ S_IFLNK 0120000 /* symbolic link (Minix-vmd) */
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.fi
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.in -5n
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.PP
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The mode bits 0007777 encode set-uid/gid bits and
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permission bits (see
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.BR chmod (2)).
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.SH "RETURN VALUE
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Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.
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Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and
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.B errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.SH "ERRORS
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.B Stat
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and
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.B lstat
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will fail if one or more of the following are true:
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.TP 15
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[ENOTDIR]
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A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
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.TP 15
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[ENAMETOOLONG]
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The path name exceeds PATH_MAX characters.
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.TP 15
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[ENOENT]
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The named file does not exist.
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.TP 15
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[EACCES]
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Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
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.TP 15
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[ELOOP]
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Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
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(Minix-vmd)
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.TP 15
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[EFAULT]
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.I Buf
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or
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.I name
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points to an invalid address.
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.TP 15
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[EIO]
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An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
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.PP
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.B Fstat
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will fail if one or both of the following are true:
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.TP 15
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[EBADF]
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.I Fildes
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is not a valid open file descriptor.
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.TP 15
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[EFAULT]
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.I Buf
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points to an invalid address.
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.TP 15
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[EIO]
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An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR chmod (2),
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.BR chown (2),
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.BR utime (2).
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