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FSTATAT(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual FSTATAT(3P)
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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The
Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
the interface may not be implemented on Linux.NAME top
fstatat, lstat, stat — get file statusSYNOPSIS top
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
int fstatat(int fd, const char *restrict _path_,
struct stat *restrict _buf_, int _flag_);
int lstat(const char *restrict _path_, struct stat *restrict _buf_);
int stat(const char *restrict _path_, struct stat *restrict _buf_);DESCRIPTION top
The _stat_() function shall obtain information about the named file
and write it to the area pointed to by the _buf_ argument. The _path_
argument points to a pathname naming a file. Read, write, or
execute permission of the named file is not required. An
implementation that provides additional or alternate file access
control mechanisms may, under implementation-defined conditions,
cause _stat_() to fail. In particular, the system may deny the
existence of the file specified by _path_.
If the named file is a symbolic link, the _stat_() function shall
continue pathname resolution using the contents of the symbolic
link, and shall return information pertaining to the resulting
file if the file exists.
The _buf_ argument is a pointer to a **stat** structure, as defined in
the _<sys/stat.h>_ header, into which information is placed
concerning the file.
The _stat_() function shall update any time-related fields (as
described in the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, _Section_
_4.9_, _File Times Update_), before writing into the **stat** structure.
If the named file is a shared memory object, the implementation
shall update in the **stat** structure pointed to by the _buf_ argument
the _stuid_, _stgid_, _stsize_, and _stmode_ fields, and only the
S_IRUSR, S_IWUSR, S_IRGRP, S_IWGRP, S_IROTH, and S_IWOTH file
permission bits need be valid. The implementation may update other
fields and flags.
If the named file is a typed memory object, the implementation
shall update in the **stat** structure pointed to by the _buf_ argument
the _stuid_, _stgid_, _stsize_, and _stmode_ fields, and only the
S_IRUSR, S_IWUSR, S_IRGRP, S_IWGRP, S_IROTH, and S_IWOTH file
permission bits need be valid. The implementation may update other
fields and flags.
For all other file types defined in this volume of POSIX.1‐2017,
the structure members _stmode_, _stino_, _stdev_, _stuid_, _stgid_,
_statim_, _stctim_, and _stmtim_ shall have meaningful values and the
value of the member _stnlink_ shall be set to the number of links
to the file.
The _lstat_() function shall be equivalent to _stat_(), except when
_path_ refers to a symbolic link. In that case _lstat_() shall return
information about the link, while _stat_() shall return information
about the file the link references.
For symbolic links, the _stmode_ member shall contain meaningful
information when used with the file type macros. The file mode
bits in _stmode_ are unspecified. The structure members _stino_,
_stdev_, _stuid_, _stgid_, _statim_, _stctim_, and _stmtim_ shall have
meaningful values and the value of the _stnlink_ member shall be
set to the number of (hard) links to the symbolic link. The value
of the _stsize_ member shall be set to the length of the pathname
contained in the symbolic link not including any terminating null
byte.
The _fstatat_() function shall be equivalent to the _stat_() or
_lstat_() function, depending on the value of _flag_ (see below),
except in the case where _path_ specifies a relative path. In this
case the status shall be retrieved from a file relative to the
directory associated with the file descriptor _fd_ instead of the
current working directory. If the access mode of the open file
description associated with the file descriptor is not O_SEARCH,
the function shall check whether directory searches are permitted
using the current permissions of the directory underlying the file
descriptor. If the access mode is O_SEARCH, the function shall not
perform the check.
Values for _flag_ are constructed by a bitwise-inclusive OR of flags
from the following list, defined in _<fcntl.h>_:
AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
If _path_ names a symbolic link, the status of the symbolic
link is returned.
If _fstatat_() is passed the special value AT_FDCWD in the _fd_
parameter, the current working directory shall be used and the
behavior shall be identical to a call to _stat_() or _lstat_()
respectively, depending on whether or not the AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
bit is set in _flag_.RETURN VALUE top
Upon successful completion, these functions shall return 0.
Otherwise, these functions shall return -1 and set _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to
indicate the error.ERRORS top
These functions shall fail if:
**EACCES** Search permission is denied for a component of the path
prefix.
**EIO** An error occurred while reading from the file system.
**ELOOP** A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during
resolution of the _path_ argument.
**ENAMETOOLONG**
The length of a component of a pathname is longer than
{NAME_MAX}.
**ENOENT** A component of _path_ does not name an existing file or _path_
is an empty string.
**ENOTDIR**
A component of the path prefix names an existing file that
is neither a directory nor a symbolic link to a directory,
or the _path_ argument contains at least one non-<slash>
character and ends with one or more trailing <slash>
characters and the last pathname component names an
existing file that is neither a directory nor a symbolic
link to a directory.
**EOVERFLOW**
The file size in bytes or the number of blocks allocated to
the file or the file serial number cannot be represented
correctly in the structure pointed to by _buf_.
The _fstatat_() function shall fail if:
**EACCES** The access mode of the open file description associated
with _fd_ is not O_SEARCH and the permissions of the
directory underlying _fd_ do not permit directory searches.
**EBADF** The _path_ argument does not specify an absolute path and the
_fd_ argument is neither AT_FDCWD nor a valid file descriptor
open for reading or searching.
**ENOTDIR**
The _path_ argument is not an absolute path and _fd_ is a file
descriptor associated with a non-directory file.
These functions may fail if:
**ELOOP** More than {SYMLOOP_MAX} symbolic links were encountered
during resolution of the _path_ argument.
**ENAMETOOLONG**
The length of a pathname exceeds {PATH_MAX}, or pathname
resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate
result with a length that exceeds {PATH_MAX}.
**EOVERFLOW**
A value to be stored would overflow one of the members of
the **stat** structure.
The _fstatat_() function may fail if:
**EINVAL** The value of the _flag_ argument is not valid.
_The following sections are informative._EXAMPLES top
Obtaining File Status Information The following example shows how to obtain file status information for a file named /home/cnd/mod1. The structure variable buffer is defined for the stat structure.
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
struct stat buffer;
int status;
...
status = stat("/home/cnd/mod1", &buffer);Getting Directory Information The following example fragment gets status information for each entry in a directory. The call to the stat() function stores file information in the stat structure pointed to by statbuf. The lines that follow the stat() call format the fields in the stat structure for presentation to the user of the program.
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <pwd.h>
#include <grp.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include <langinfo.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
struct dirent *dp;
struct stat statbuf;
struct passwd *pwd;
struct group *grp;
struct tm *tm;
char datestring[256];
...
/* Loop through directory entries. */
while ((dp = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
/* Get entry's information. */
if (stat(dp->d_name, &statbuf) == -1)
continue;
/* Print out type, permissions, and number of links. */
printf("%10.10s", sperm (statbuf.st_mode));
printf("%4d", statbuf.st_nlink);
/* Print out owner's name if it is found using getpwuid(). */
if ((pwd = getpwuid(statbuf.st_uid)) != NULL)
printf(" %-8.8s", pwd->pw_name);
else
printf(" %-8d", statbuf.st_uid);
/* Print out group name if it is found using getgrgid(). */
if ((grp = getgrgid(statbuf.st_gid)) != NULL)
printf(" %-8.8s", grp->gr_name);
else
printf(" %-8d", statbuf.st_gid);
/* Print size of file. */
printf(" %9jd", (intmax_t)statbuf.st_size);
tm = localtime(&statbuf.st_mtime);
/* Get localized date string. */
strftime(datestring, sizeof(datestring), nl_langinfo(D_T_FMT), tm);
printf(" %s %s\n", datestring, dp->d_name);
}Obtaining Symbolic Link Status Information The following example shows how to obtain status information for a symbolic link named /modules/pass1. The structure variable buffer is defined for the stat structure. If the path argument specified the pathname for the file pointed to by the symbolic link (/home/cnd/mod1), the results of calling the function would be the same as those returned by a call to the stat() function.
#include <sys/stat.h>
struct stat buffer;
int status;
...
status = lstat("/modules/pass1", &buffer);APPLICATION USAGE top
None.RATIONALE top
The intent of the paragraph describing ``additional or alternate
file access control mechanisms'' is to allow a secure
implementation where a process with a label that does not dominate
the file's label cannot perform a _stat_() function. This is not
related to read permission; a process with a label that dominates
the file's label does not need read permission. An implementation
that supports write-up operations could fail _fstat_() function
calls even though it has a valid file descriptor open for writing.
The purpose of the _fstatat_() function is to obtain the status of
files in directories other than the current working directory
without exposure to race conditions. Any part of the path of a
file could be changed in parallel to a call to _stat_(), resulting
in unspecified behavior. By opening a file descriptor for the
target directory and using the _fstatat_() function it can be
guaranteed that the file for which status is returned is located
relative to the desired directory.FUTURE DIRECTIONS top
None.SEE ALSO top
[access(3p)](../man3/access.3p.html), [chmod(3p)](../man3/chmod.3p.html), [fdopendir(3p)](../man3/fdopendir.3p.html), [fstat(3p)](../man3/fstat.3p.html), [mknod(3p)](../man3/mknod.3p.html),
[readlink(3p)](../man3/readlink.3p.html), [symlink(3p)](../man3/symlink.3p.html)
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, _Section 4.9_, _File_
_Times Update_, [fcntl.h(0p)](../man0/fcntl.h.0p.html), [sys_stat.h(0p)](../man0/sys%5Fstat.h.0p.html), [sys_types.h(0p)](../man0/sys%5Ftypes.h.0p.html)COPYRIGHT top
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
(C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between
this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard,
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