lstat

  • The lstat function in PHP returns an associative array with information about a file or a symbolic link. It is the same as PHP’s stat, but it does not follow the last symbolic link. Instead, it reports on the link itself.

    PHP

    $stat = lstat('/path/to/foobar');
print $stat['ino'];
 
//=> 16793883

    Ruby’s File.lstat method will return a File::Stat instance with the same information.

    Ruby

    stat = File.lstat('/path/to/foobar')
p stat.ino
 
#=> 16793883

    see also

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