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<h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">struct stat</h5>

<p><a name="index-struct-stat_002c-in-file_002di_002fo-protocol-3622"></a>
The buffer of type <code>struct stat</code> used by the target and <span class="sc">gdb</span>
is defined as follows:

<pre class="smallexample">     struct stat {
         unsigned int  st_dev;      /* device */
         unsigned int  st_ino;      /* inode */
         mode_t        st_mode;     /* protection */
         unsigned int  st_nlink;    /* number of hard links */
         unsigned int  st_uid;      /* user ID of owner */
         unsigned int  st_gid;      /* group ID of owner */
         unsigned int  st_rdev;     /* device type (if inode device) */
         unsigned long st_size;     /* total size, in bytes */
         unsigned long st_blksize;  /* blocksize for filesystem I/O */
         unsigned long st_blocks;   /* number of blocks allocated */
         time_t        st_atime;    /* time of last access */
         time_t        st_mtime;    /* time of last modification */
         time_t        st_ctime;    /* time of last change */
     };
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   <p>The integral datatypes conform to the definitions given in the
appropriate section (see <a href="Integral-Datatypes.html#Integral-Datatypes">Integral Datatypes</a>, for details) so this
structure is of size 64 bytes.

   <p>The values of several fields have a restricted meaning and/or
range of values.

     <dl>
<dt><code>st_dev</code><dd>A value of 0 represents a file, 1 the console.

     <br><dt><code>st_ino</code><dd>No valid meaning for the target.  Transmitted unchanged.

     <br><dt><code>st_mode</code><dd>Valid mode bits are described in <a href="Constants.html#Constants">Constants</a>.  Any other
bits have currently no meaning for the target.

     <br><dt><code>st_uid</code><dt><code>st_gid</code><dt><code>st_rdev</code><dd>No valid meaning for the target.  Transmitted unchanged.

     <br><dt><code>st_atime</code><dt><code>st_mtime</code><dt><code>st_ctime</code><dd>These values have a host and file system dependent
accuracy.  Especially on Windows hosts, the file system may not
support exact timing values. 
</dl>

   <p>The target gets a <code>struct stat</code> of the above representation and is
responsible for coercing it to the target representation before
continuing.

   <p>Note that due to size differences between the host, target, and protocol
representations of <code>struct stat</code> members, these members could eventually
get truncated on the target.

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