Name

STAT — Evaluates filesystem attributes

Synopsis

STAT(flag,filename)

Does a check on the specified file.

flag may be one of the following options:

e

Returns 1 if the file exists; 0 otherwise

s

Returns the size of the file, in bytes

f

Returns 1 if the path referenced is a regular file (and not a directory, symlink, socket, or device) or 0 otherwise

d

Returns 1 if the path referenced is a directory (and not a regular file, symlink, socket, or device) or 0 otherwise

M

Returns the epoch time when the file contents were last modified

C

Returns the epoch time when the file inode was last modified

m

Returns the permissions mode of the file (as an octal number)