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@@ -2044,6 +2044,15 @@ features:
File type.
+ On Windows systems, the following attribute is also available:
+
+ .. attribute:: st_file_attributes
+
+ Windows file attributes: ``dwFileAttributes`` member of the
+ ``BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION`` structure returned by
+ :c:func:`GetFileInformationByHandle`. See the ``FILE_ATTRIBUTE_*``
+ constants in the :mod:`stat` module.
+
The standard module :mod:`stat` defines functions and constants that are
useful for extracting information from a :c:type:`stat` structure. (On
Windows, some items are filled with dummy values.)
@@ -2061,6 +2070,9 @@ features:
Added the :attr:`st_atime_ns`, :attr:`st_mtime_ns`, and
:attr:`st_ctime_ns` members.
+ .. versionadded:: 3.5
+ Added the :attr:`st_file_attributes` member on Windows.
+
.. function:: stat_float_times([newvalue])