stat.h(3HEAD)
Name
stat.h, stat - data returned by stat system call
Synopsis
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
Description
The system calls stat(), lstat() and fstat() return data in a stat structure, which is defined in <stat.h>.
The constants used in the st_mode field are also defined in this file:
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#define
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S_IFMT
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/* type of file */
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#define
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S_IAMB
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/* access mode bits */
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#define
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S_IFIFO
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/* fifo */
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#define
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S_IFCHR
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/* character special */
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#define
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S_IFDIR
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/* directory */
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#define
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S_IFNAM
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/* XENIX special named file */
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#define
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S_INSEM
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/* XENIX semaphore subtype of IFNAM */
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#define
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S_INSHD
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/* XENIX shared data subtype of IFNAM */
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#define
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S_IFBLK
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/* block special */
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#define
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S_IFREG
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/* regular */
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#define
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S_IFLNK
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/* symbolic link */
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#define
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S_IFSOCK
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/* socket */
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#define
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S_IFDOOR
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/* door */
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#define
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S_ISUID
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/* set user id on execution */
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#define
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S_ISGID
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/* set group id on execution */
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#define
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S_ISVTX
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/* save swapped text even after use */
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#define
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S_IREAD
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/* read permission, owner */
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#define
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S_IWRITE
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/* write permission, owner */
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#define
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S_IEXEC
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/* execute/search permission, owner */
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#define
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S_ENFMT
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/* record locking enforcement flag */
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#define
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S_IRWXU
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/* read, write, execute: owner */
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#define
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S_IRUSR
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/* read permission: owner */
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#define
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S_IWUSR
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/* write permission: owner */
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#define
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S_IXUSR
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/* execute permission: owner */
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#define
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S_IRWXG
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/* read, write, execute: group */
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#define
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S_IRGRP
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/* read permission: group */
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#define
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S_IWGRP
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/* write permission: group */
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#define
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S_IXGRP
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/* execute permission: group */
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#define
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S_IRWXO
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/* read, write, execute: other */
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#define
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S_IROTH
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/* read permission: other */
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#define
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S_IWOTH
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/* write permission: other */
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#define
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S_IXOTH
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/* execute permission: other */
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The following macros are for POSIX conformance (see standards(5)):
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#define
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S_ISBLK(mode)
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block special file
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#define
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S_ISCHR(mode)
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character special file
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#define
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S_ISDIR(mode)
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directory file
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#define
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S_ISFIFO(mode)
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pipe or fifo file
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#define
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S_ISREG(mode)
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regular file
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#define
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S_ISSOCK(mode)
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socket file
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The following symbolic constants are defined as distinct integer values outside of the range [0, 999 999 999], for use with the futimens() and utimensat() functions:
#define UTIME_NOW use the current time
@define UTIME_OMIT no time change
Attributes
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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Interface Stability
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Committed
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Standard
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See Also
futimens(2), stat(2), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)