#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> int lstat( int fildes, struct stat *buf );
The lstat() function obtains information about the file
associated with fildes and writes it to the area pointed
to by the buf argument.
If the filesystem object referred to by fildes is a
link, then the information returned in buf refers
to the link itself. This is in contrast to fstat()
which follows the link.
The lstat() routine is defined by BSD 4.3 and SVR4
and not included in POSIX 1003.1b-1996.
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