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.TH libssh2_sftp_stat_ex 3 "1 Jun 2007" "libssh2 0.15" "libssh2 manual"
.SH NAME
libssh2_sftp_stat_ex - get status about an SFTP file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <libssh2.h>
#include <libssh2_sftp.h>
int libssh2_sftp_stat_ex(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *path,
unsigned int path_len, int stat_type,
LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES *attrs);
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIsftp\fP - SFTP instance as returned by
.BR libssh2_sftp_init(3)
\fIpath\fP - Remote filesystem object to stat/lstat/setstat.
\fIpath_len\fP - Length of the name of the remote filesystem object
to stat/lstat/setstat.
\fIstat_type\fP - One of the three constants specifying the type of
stat operation to perform:
.br
\fBLIBSSH2_SFTP_STAT\fP: performs stat(2) operation
.br
\fBLIBSSH2_SFTP_LSTAT\fP: performs lstat(2) operation
.br
\fBLIBSSH2_SFTP_SETSTAT\fP: performs operation to set stat info on file
\fIattrs\fP - Pointer to a \fBLIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES\fP structure to set file
metadata from or into depending on the value of stat_type.
Get or Set statbuf type data on a remote filesystem object. When getting
statbuf data,
.BR libssh2_sftp_stat(3)
will follow all symlinks, while
.BR libssh2_sftp_lstat(3)
will return data about the object encountered, even if that object
happens to be a symlink.
The LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES struct looks like this:
.nf
struct LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES {
/* If flags & ATTR_* bit is set, then the value in this struct will be
* meaningful Otherwise it should be ignored
*/
unsigned long flags;
libssh2_uint64_t filesize;
unsigned long uid;
unsigned long gid;
unsigned long permissions;
unsigned long atime;
unsigned long mtime;
};
.fi
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns 0 on success or negative on failure. It returns LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN
when it would otherwise block. While LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN is a negative
number, it isn't really a failure per se.
.SH ERRORS
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC\fP - An internal memory allocation call failed.
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND\fP - Unable to send data on socket.
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_TIMEOUT\fP -
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL\fP - An invalid SFTP protocol response was
received on the socket, or an SFTP operation caused an errorcode to
be returned by the server.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libssh2_sftp_init(3)