Open System Services System Calls Reference Manual (G06.28+)

System Functions (f - i) fstat(2)
For Contains
Regular file Size of the file in bytes
Directory 4096
Pipe or FIFO 0 (zero)
AF_INET or AF_INET6 socket 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 next. 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
Pipe or FIFO Time of the last access
AF_INET or AF_INET6 socket Value maintained in the socket data struc-
ture
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 next. Values for Guardian objects are
described in Use on Guardian Objects, later in this reference page.
For Contains
Regular file Time of the last data modification
Directory Time of the last modification
Pipe or FIFO Time of the last data modification
AF_INET or AF_INET6 socket Value maintained in the socket data struc-
ture
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.
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