FSTAT

Purpose:

Returns selected information about a file.

Syntax:

FSTAT("filename", infofield)

"filename"	-	A string. The name of the source file.
offset	-	Optional. An integer specifying the file information to return:

1	st _dev	disk drive on which the file resides
2	st_ino	inode number
3	st_mode	file mode
4	st_nlink	number of hard links
5	st_uid	user id
6	st_gid	group id
7	st_rdev	device type
8	st_size	total file size
9	st_atime	last accessed time
10	st_mtime	last modified time
11	st_ctime	last status change time
12	st_btime	last archived time

Returns:

An integer as specified by the infofield or -1 if the file does not exist.

Example:

fstat("myfile")

returns the size of myfile or -1 if it does not exist.

fstat("myfile", 10)

returns the last time (as an integer) myfile was modified or -1 if it does not exist.

Remarks: