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<h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">stat/fstat</h5>
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<dt>Synopsis:<dd>
<pre class="smallexample"> int stat(const char *pathname, struct stat *buf);
int fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf);
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<br><dt>Request:<dd>&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">Fstat,</span><var>pathnameptr</var><span class="samp">/</span><var>len</var><span class="samp">,</span><var>bufptr</var></samp>&rsquo;<br>
&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">Ffstat,</span><var>fd</var><span class="samp">,</span><var>bufptr</var></samp>&rsquo;
<br><dt>Return value:<dd>On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned.
<br><dt>Errors:<dd>
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<dt><code>EBADF</code><dd><var>fd</var> is not a valid open file.
<br><dt><code>ENOENT</code><dd>A directory component in <var>pathname</var> does not exist or the
path is an empty string.
<br><dt><code>ENOTDIR</code><dd>A component of the path is not a directory.
<br><dt><code>EFAULT</code><dd><var>pathnameptr</var> is an invalid pointer value.
<br><dt><code>EACCES</code><dd>No access to the file or the path of the file.
<br><dt><code>ENAMETOOLONG</code><dd><var>pathname</var> was too long.
<br><dt><code>EINTR</code><dd>The call was interrupted by the user.
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