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- <h2 align=center>lstat</h2>
- <h4 align=center>OS/161 Reference Manual</h4>
- <h3>Name</h3>
- lstat - get file state information
- <h3>Library</h3>
- Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
- <h3>Synopsis</h3>
- #include <sys/stat.h><br>
- <br>
- int<br>
- lstat(const char *<em>pathname</em>, struct stat *<em>statbuf</em>);
- <h3>Description</h3>
- lstat retrieves status information about the file referred to by
- <em>pathname</em> and stores it in the stat structure pointed to
- by <em>statbuf</em>.
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- If <em>pathname</em> refers to a symbolic link, information about the
- link is retrieved rather than about the object the link points to.
- <h3>Return Values</h3>
- On success, lstat returns 0. On error, -1 is returned, and
- <A HREF=errno.html>errno</A> is set according to the error
- encountered.
- <h3>Errors</h3>
- The following error codes should be returned under the conditions
- given. Other error codes may be returned for other errors not
- mentioned here.
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- <tr><td>ENODEV</td> <td>The device prefix of <em>filename</em> did
- not exist.</td></tr>
- <tr><td>ENOTDIR</td> <td>A non-final component of <em>pathname</em>
- was not a directory.</td></tr>
- <tr><td>ENOENT</td> <td>The named file does not exist.</td></tr>
- <tr><td>EIO</td> <td>A hard I/O error occurred.</td></tr>
- <tr><td>EFAULT</td> <td><em>statbuf</em> points to an invalid address.</td></tr>
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