.\"returns information pertaining to a file or a directory .TH stat 3 "5 Sep 1994" MudOS "LPC Library Functions" .SH NAME stat() - returns information pertaining to a file or a directory .SH SYNOPSIS mixed stat( string str, int default: 0 ); .SH DESCRIPTION If str is the name of a regular file (not a directory), then stat() will return an array of information pertaining to that file. The form of the array is as follows: .IP .nf ({ file_size, last_time_file_touched, time_object_loaded }) .PP If stat is called on a directory (not a regular file), or with a second argument of -1, then stat() behaves identically to get_dir(3). .SH SEE ALSO get_dir(3), file_size(3)