lstat

Description

array lstat ( string filename)

Gathers the statistics of the file or symbolic link named by filename. This function is identical to the stat() function except that if the filename parameter is a symbolic link, the status of the symbolic link is returned, not the status of the file pointed to by the symbolic link.

Returns an array with the statistics of the file with the following elements:

1. device

2. inode

3. inode protection mode

4. number of links

5. user id of owner

6. group id owner

7. device type if inode device *

8. size in bytes

9. time of last access

10. time of last modification

11. time of last change

12. blocksize for filesystem I/O *

13. number of blocks allocated

* - only valid on systems supporting the st_blksize type--other systems (i.e. Windows) return -1.

lstat() cannot be used on remote files.

The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.