Object_Id : 183
Title : stat - Report file details in a form more flexible than ls
Node_Type : Production
Format : text
Address : file:/home/horton/man/man1/stat.1
Keywords : ls
stat
ustat
Abstract : Syntax
stat [-name] [-dev] [-ino] [-mode] [-nlink] [-uid] [-gid]
[-size] [-atime_dec] [-mtime_dec] [-ctime_dec] [-blocks] [-
fmt date_format] [-atime] [-mtime] [-ctime] file...
ustat devno...
Often in shell scripts it is useful to have some
detail of a file, e.g. size or modification data.
stat provides details from the stat system call in
a way driven from the command arguments. (Like an assembler form of ls).
Also ustat returns file system statistics.
Description
(options can appear in any order. Output is tab separated)
Date_Entry_Created : 12/02/97
Entry_Created_By : horton
Date_Entry_Last_Modified: 12/02/97
Entry_Last_Modified_By : horton
Asset_Qualification : I'm the author, so I'm biased
Other_Opinions :
Contact_Person : David Horton
IP_or_Copyright_Owner : CiTR
Support_re_Ownership : Created in spare time, waiting for an FTP to finish!
Date_Item_Created : 17/10/96
Usage_Conditions : free
Support_re_Usage_Condns :
Authors_and_Contributors:
Projects_Used_In : NC380
Obtained_From :
Derived_From :
Related_Items :
Code_Type : simple tool
Programming_Language : C
Portations : DEC, HP, Sun, MS-DOS
Source_Location : file:/home/horton/src/stat.c
Binaries_Location : file:/home/horton/bin
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