The statfile program

statfile -options file [command arg ...]

statfile calls stat() on file, sets the environment variables specified in options according to the stat information, and runs command. If file begins with a digit, it is interpreted as a file descriptor, and passed to fstat(). If command is not given, statfile exits zero, indicating that the stat() call was successful. The leading "-" in the options argument is not required. Options are as follows:

• l: call lstat() instead of stat()
• d: set $DEV to the file's device number
• i: set $INO to the file's inode number
• t: set $TYPE to the file's type:
  • - for regular files
  • d for directories
  • l for symlinks
  • p for fifos
  • s for sockets
  • c for character devices
  • b for block devices
• m: set $MODE to the file's permissions, in octal, e.g.: 01777. Also set each of the following to 1, or unset them, according to whether that bit is set in the permissions:
  • MODE_SUID
  • MODE_SGID
  • MODE_STICKY
  • MODE_RUSR
  • MODE_WUSR
  • MODE_XUSR
  • MODE_RGRP
  • MODE_WGRP
  • MODE_XGRP
  • MODE_ROTH
  • MODE_WOTH
  • MODE_XOTH
• n: set $NLINK to the number of hard links to the file
• u: set $UID to the file owner's uid
• g: set $GID to the file group's gid
• r: set $RDEV to the file's rdev number
• s: set $SIZE to the file's size
• S: set $BLKSIZE to the block size for this file
• b: set $BLOCKS to the number of blocks for this file
• A: set $ATIME to the file's last access time, as a decimal time_t value, and $ATAI64N to the corresponding TAI64N label, in hex
• M: set $MTIME to the file's last modification time, as a decimal time_t value, and $MTAI64N to the corresponding TAI64N label, in hex
• C: set $CTIME to the file's last inode change time, as a decimal time_t value, and $CTAI64N to the corresponding TAI64N label, in hex