stat.h(3head)

1stat.h(3HEAD)                       Headers                      stat.h(3HEAD)
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NAME

6       stat.h, stat - data returned by stat system call
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <sys/types.h>
10       #include <sys/stat.h>
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DESCRIPTION

14       The  system  calls  stat(),  lstat()  and fstat() return data in a stat
15       structure, which is defined in <stat.h>.
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18       The constants used in the st_mode field are also defined in this file:
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23       #define    S_IFMT           /* type of file */
24       #define    S_IAMB           /* access mode bits */
25       #define    S_IFIFO          /* fifo */
26       #define    S_IFCHR          /* character special */
27       #define    S_IFDIR          /* directory */
28       #define    S_IFNAM          /* XENIX special named file */
29       #define    S_INSEM          /* XENIX semaphore subtype of IFNAM */
30       #define    S_INSHD          /* XENIX shared data subtype of IFNAM */
31       #define    S_IFBLK          /* block special */
32       #define    S_IFREG          /* regular */
33       #define    S_IFLNK          /* symbolic link */
34       #define    S_IFSOCK         /* socket */
35       #define    S_IFDOOR         /* door */
36       #define    S_ISUID          /* set user id on execution */
37       #define    S_ISGID          /* set group id on execution */
38       #define    S_ISVTX          /* save swapped text even after use */
39       #define    S_IREAD          /* read permission, owner */
40       #define    S_IWRITE         /* write permission, owner */
41       #define    S_IEXEC          /* execute/search permission, owner */
42       #define    S_ENFMT          /* record locking enforcement flag */
43       #define    S_IRWXU          /* read, write, execute: owner */
44       #define    S_IRUSR          /* read permission: owner */
45       #define    S_IWUSR          /* write permission: owner */
46       #define    S_IXUSR          /* execute permission: owner */
47       #define    S_IRWXG          /* read, write, execute: group */
48       #define    S_IRGRP          /* read permission: group */
49       #define    S_IWGRP          /* write permission: group */
50       #define    S_IXGRP          /* execute permission: group */
51       #define    S_IRWXO          /* read, write, execute: other */
52       #define    S_IROTH          /* read permission: other */
53       #define    S_IWOTH          /* write permission: other */
54       #define    S_IXOTH          /* execute permission: other */
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63       #define    S_ISBLK(mode)    block special file
64       #define    S_ISCHR(mode)    character special file
65       #define    S_ISDIR(mode)    directory file
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67       #define    S_ISFIFO(mode)   pipe or fifo file
68       #define    S_ISREG(mode)    regular file
69       #define    S_ISSOCK(mode)   socket file
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73       The following symbolic constants are defined as distinct integer values
74       outside  of the range [0, 999 999 999], for use with the futimens() and
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77         #define    UTIME_NOW        use the current time
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87       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
88       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
89       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
90       │Interface Stability          │Committed                    │
91       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
92       │Standard                     │See standards(5).            │
93       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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