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Overview

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Index

• type FileInfo
  • func Lstat(name string) (FileInfo, error)
  • func Stat(name string) (FileInfo, error)

Types

type FileInfo

type FileInfo interface {
	os.FileInfo
	UID() (int, error) // UID of the file owner. Returns an error on non-POSIX file systems.
	GID() (int, error) // GID of the file owner. Returns an error on non-POSIX file systems.
}

A FileInfo describes a file and is returned by Stat and Lstat.

func Lstat

func Lstat(name string) (FileInfo, error)

Lstat returns a FileInfo describing the named file. If the file is a symbolic link, the returned FileInfo describes the symbolic link. Lstat makes no attempt to follow the link. If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.

func Stat

func Stat(name string) (FileInfo, error)

Stat returns a FileInfo describing the named file. If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.