os.stat() - os

             
The method stat() performs a stat system call on the given path.


path -- This is the path, whose stat information is required.

Syntax

os.stat(path)

Example

# !/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

# showing stat information of file "a2.py"
statinfo = os.stat('a2.py')

print statinfo

Output / Return Value

When we run above program, it produces following result:


posix.stat_result(st_mode=33188, st_ino=3940649674337682L, st_dev=277923425L, st
_nlink=1, st_uid=400, st_gid=401, st_size=335L, st_atime=1330498089, st_mtime=13
30498089, st_ctime=1330498089)

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