Stat

Macros
#define	S_ACCPERM   (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)

Functions
int	fstat (int fd, struct stat *buf)
	Get file status of a given file descriptor (system call) More...
int	stat (const char *pathname, struct stat *buf)
	Get file status of a given path name. More...
int	mkdir (const char *pathname, mode_t mode)
	Create directory at file system. More...

Detailed Description

Macro Definition Documentation

#define S_ACCPERM   (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)

#include <sys/stat.h>

mask to extract permission from stat.st_mode

Function Documentation

int fstat	(	int	fd,
		struct stat *	buf
	)

#include <sys/stat.h>

Get file status of a given file descriptor (system call)

Parameters

[in]	fd	file descriptor
[out]	buf	pointer to struct stat buffer

Returns

Error code

int mkdir	(	const char *	pathname,
		mode_t	mode
	)

#include <sys/stat.h>

Create directory at file system.

Parameters

[in]	pathname	directory name
[in]	mode	specifies the permissions.

Return values

0	on success.
-1	on error. errno is set appropriately.

int stat	(	const char *	pathname,
		struct stat *	buf
	)

#include <sys/stat.h>

Get file status of a given path name.

Parameters

[in]	pathname	name of a file
[out]	buf	pointer to struct stat buffer

Returns

Error code