Computer Science
STAT(1u) STAT(1u)
NAME
stat - print inode contents
SYNOPSIS
stat filename [filenames ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Stat prints out the contents of an inode as they appear to
stat(2) in a human-readable format.
Here is a sample output from stat:
File: "/"
Size: 1024 Allocated Blocks: 2 Filetype: Directory
Mode: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ system)
Device: 0,0 Inode: 2 Links: 20
Access: Wed Jan 8 12:40:16 1986(00000.00:00:01)
Modify: Wed Dec 18 09:32:09 1985(00021.03:08:08)
Change: Wed Dec 18 09:32:09 1985(00021.03:08:08)
DIAGNOSTICS
"Can't stat file" or "Can't lstat file" usually means that
it doesn't exist. "Can't readlink file" implies something
is amiss with a symbolic link.
SEE ALSO
stat(2), ls(1)
AUTHOR
Rich Kulawiec, Purdue University
BUGS
The output is not entirely comprehensible.
NOT SUPPORTED BY PUCC
UNSUP 1
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