application can retrieve this metadata using stat (2) (or related calls), which returns a stat ... corresponding structure fields returned by stat (2) and statx (2): Device where i…files support the access (2) and stat (2) family of operations, but for the latter ... call, the only fields of the returned stat structure that contain reliable informationcredential fields in the structure returned by stat (2)—return the user ID (group ... retrieves file user and group IDs via stat (2), the IDs are mappedwill report its progress in the pg_stat_progress_vacuum view. Backends running VACUUM FULL ... instead report their progress in the pg_stat_progress_cluster view. See Sectionwill operate on the symbolic link, while stat (2) operates on the file pointed ... three bits; see chmod (1) and stat (2). The first group of three is usedwill report its progress in the pg_stat_progress_analyze view. See Sectionabout all files on a filesystem. See stat (2).) Changes to a file are independentlonger needed. fstat (2) Obtain a stat structure that describes the shared memory object. AmongPOSIX.1-2001 TC2 socket (2) socketpair (2) stat (2) stpcpy (3) Added in POSIX.1-2008 TC2 stpncpygetrusage (2), gettimeofday (2), nanosleep (2), stat (2), time (2), timer_create (2), timerfd_createselect (2), socketpair (2), splice (2), stat (2), tee (2), vmsplice (2), mkfifo (3), epollwill report its progress in the pg_stat_progress_copy view. See Sectioninodes in the system (i.e., the stat (2) data). They are often used to providewill report its progress in the pg_stat_progress_create_index view. See Sectioninotify_rm_watch (2), read (2), stat (2), fanotify (7) Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt in the Linux kernelwill report its progress in the pg_stat_progress_cluster view. See Sectionconst char *file_name; struct stat sb; if (argc != 2) { fprintf(stderr, "Invalid numberthrough these system call families: chdir (2), stat (2), flock (2), chmod (2), chownsetpwent() setservent() setutxent() sigpause() [Added in POSIX.1-2008] stat() strerror() strerror_r() strftime() symlink() symlinkat() [Addedoption Some drives apparently have the WRERR_STAT bit stuck on permanently. This enables