pSOSystem System Calls - Read

lstat_f pHILE+ System Calls
Return Value
This structure cannot be packed. No time zone is associated with the
time values.
mode_t, ino_t, dev_t, nlink_t, uid_t, gid_t, off_t, and time_t
are defined as unsigned long in .
The status information word st_mode consists of the following bits:
S_IFMT 0170000 /* type of file */
S_IFIFO 0010000 /* fifo special */
S_IFCHR 0020000 /* character special */
S_IFDIR 0040000 /* directory */
S_IFBLK 0060000 /* block special */
S_IFREG 0100000 /* regular file */
S_IFLNK 0120000 /* symbolic link */
S_IFSOCK 0140000 /* socket */
S_ISUID 0004000 /* set user ID on execution */
S_ISGID 0002000 /* set group ID on execution */
S_ISVTX 0001000 /* save swapped text even after use */
S_IREAD 0000400 /* read permission, owner */
S_IWRITE 0000200 /* write permission, owner */
S_IEXEC 0000100 /* execute/search permission, owner */
S_IRGRP 0000040 /* read permission, group */
S_IWGRP 0000020 /* write permission, group */
S_IXGRP 0000010 /* execute/search permission, group */
S_IROTH 0000004 /* read permission, other */
S_IWOTH 0000002 /* write permission, other */
S_IXOTH 0000001 /* execute/search permission, other */
This system call returns 0 on success or an error code on failure.
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