Open System Services System Calls Reference Manual (G06.25+, H06.03+)

System Functions (k - m) lstat(2)
For Contains
Regular file Undefined
Directory Undefined
FIFO Undefined
AF_UNIX socket 0 (zero)
/dev/null Undefined
/dev/tty ID of the device
st_size File size.
Values for OSS objects are listed in the following table. Values for Guardian
objects are described in Use on Guardian Objects, later in this reference page.
For Contains
Regular file Size of the file in bytes
Directory 4096
FIFO 0 (zero)
AF_UNIX socket 0 (zero)
/dev/null 0 (zero)
/dev/tty 0 (zero)
st_atime Access time.
Values for OSS objects are listed in the following table. Values for Guardian
objects are described in Use on Guardian Objects, later in this reference page.
For Contains
Regular file Time of the last access
Directory Time of the last access
FIFO Time of the last access
AF_UNIX socket Value retrieved from the inode
/dev/null Current time
/dev/tty Composite value of the times of all openers
of the file
For the /E entry of the local node, the value is the time of the most recent mount-
ing of the root fileset.
st_mtime Modification time.
Values for OSS objects are listed in the following table. Values for Guardian
objects are described in Use on Guardian Objects, later in this reference page.
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