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@@ -252,14 +252,14 @@ symbolic and hard links (the latter for files only). Windows supports symbolic directory links and hard file links on NTFS drives. .RE .TP -\fBfile lstat \fIname varName\fR +\fBfile lstat \fIname ?varName?\fR . Same as \fBstat\fR option (see below) except uses the \fIlstat\fR kernel call instead of \fIstat\fR. This means that if \fIname\fR -refers to a symbolic link the information returned in \fIvarName\fR -is for the link rather than the file it refers to. On systems that -do not support symbolic links this option behaves exactly the same -as the \fBstat\fR option. +refers to a symbolic link the information returned is for the link +rather than the file it refers to. On systems that do not support +symbolic links this option behaves exactly the same as the +\fBstat\fR option. .TP \fBfile mkdir\fR ?\fIdir\fR ...? . @@ -381,19 +381,20 @@ first element of the list will have the same path type as \fIname\fR. All other elements will be relative. Path separators will be discarded unless they are needed to ensure that an element is unambiguously relative. .TP -\fBfile stat \fIname varName\fR -. -Invokes the \fBstat\fR kernel call on \fIname\fR, and uses the variable -given by \fIvarName\fR to hold information returned from the kernel call. -\fIVarName\fR is treated as an array variable, and the following elements -of that variable are set: \fBatime\fR, \fBctime\fR, \fBdev\fR, \fBgid\fR, -\fBino\fR, \fBmode\fR, \fBmtime\fR, \fBnlink\fR, \fBsize\fR, \fBtype\fR, -\fBuid\fR. Each element except \fBtype\fR is a decimal string with the -value of the corresponding field from the \fBstat\fR return structure; -see the manual entry for \fBstat\fR for details on the meanings of the -values. The \fBtype\fR element gives the type of the file in the same -form returned by the command \fBfile type\fR. This command returns an -empty string. +\fBfile stat \fIname ?varName?\fR +. +Invokes the \fBstat\fR kernel call on \fIname\fR, and returns a +dictionary with the information returned from the kernel call. If +\fIvarName\fR is given, it uses the variable to hold the information. +\fIVarName\fR is treated as an array variable, and in such case the +command returns the empty string. The following elements are set: +\fBatime\fR, \fBctime\fR, \fBdev\fR, \fBgid\fR, \fBino\fR, \fBmode\fR, +\fBmtime\fR, \fBnlink\fR, \fBsize\fR, \fBtype\fR, \fBuid\fR. Each element +except \fBtype\fR is a decimal string with the value of the corresponding +field from the \fBstat\fR return structure; see the manual entry for +\fBstat\fR for details on the meanings of the values. The \fBtype\fR +element gives the type of the file in the same form returned by the +command \fBfile type\fR. .TP \fBfile system \fIname\fR . |