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:
device
inode
number of links
user id of owner
group id owner
device type if inode device *
size in bytes
time of last access
time of last modification
time of last change
blocksize for filesystem I/O *
number of blocks allocated
* - only valid on systems supporting the st_blksize type--other
systems (i.e. Windows) return -1
The results of this function are cached. See
clearstatcache() for more details.
